[Rarebooks] FS: The Dred Scott Decision, 1857

[Charles Agvent]

HOWARD, Benjamin C. A REPORT OF THE DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE 
UNITED STATES, AND THE OPINIONS OF THE JUDGES THEREOF, IN THE CASE OF 
DRED SCOTT VS. JOHN F. A. SANDFORD. DECEMBER TERM 1856. New York: D. 
Appleton and Company, 1857. First Edition. Printed wraps lacking the 
front cover; complete, pages 393-633 [240 pages]. Grolier American 68; 
Howes S218; Sabin 33240. One of two simultaneous printings, the other in 
Washington D.C., for which no precedence has been established. The 
opinion of the court in this case constitutes the contents of this very 
important document. Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom in 
1846 because he lived for a time in free states before returning with 
his owner to Missouri, a slave state. He won the initial case but lost 
on appeal and then filed suit in federal court. The Supreme Court, led 
by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, voted 7-2 against Scott's appeal, 
declaring that all blacks, slaves or free, were not and never could 
become citizens of the United States. The court also declared the 1820 
Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, thus permitting slavery in all of 
the country's territories. This decision was the catalyst of a fierce 
debate in American society and is often considered to be one of the 
underlying causes of the start of the Civil War. Paper age toned, 
stitching a bit loose resulting in several detached pages; front wrapper 
lacking, rear detached, with some chipping to the edges. A Good copy 
only but complete and original with no library markings. (#018470) $650.00

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