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Illinois (Illinois, United States) (search for this): entry dred-scott-case-the
Dred Scott case, the. 1856- At about the time that Mr. Buchanan became President-elect of the republic, a case of much moment was adjudicated by the Supreme Court of the United States. A negro named Dred Scott had been the slave of a United States army officer living in Missouri. He was taken by his master to a military post in Illinois, to which the latter had been ordered in the year 1834. There Scott married the female slave of another officer, with the consent of their respective masters. They had two children born in that free-labor Territory. The mother was bought by the master of Scott, and parents and children were taken by that officer back to Missouri and there sold. Scott sued for his freedom on the plea of his involuntary residence in a free-labor Territory and State for several years. The case was tried in the Circuit Court of St. Louis, and the decision was in Scott's favor. The Supreme Court of the State reversed the decision, and the case was carried to the
United States (United States) (search for this): entry dred-scott-case-the
se, the. 1856- At about the time that Mr. Buchanan became President-elect of the republic, a case of much moment was adjudicated by the Supreme Court of the United States. A negro named Dred Scott had been the slave of a United States army officer living in Missouri. He was taken by his master to a military post in Illinois, tf St. Louis, and the decision was in Scott's favor. The Supreme Court of the State reversed the decision, and the case was carried to the Supreme Court of the United States, chief-justice Roger B. Taney (q. v.) presiding. The chief-justice and a majority of the court were friends of the slave system, and their decision, which, fonst Scott. The chief-justice declared that any person whose ancestors were imported into this country and held as slaves had no right to sue in a court in the United States; in other words, he denied the right of citizenship to any person who had been a slave or was a descendant of a slave. The chief-justice, with the sanction of
Missouri (Missouri, United States) (search for this): entry dred-scott-case-the
At about the time that Mr. Buchanan became President-elect of the republic, a case of much moment was adjudicated by the Supreme Court of the United States. A negro named Dred Scott had been the slave of a United States army officer living in Missouri. He was taken by his master to a military post in Illinois, to which the latter had been ordered in the year 1834. There Scott married the female slave of another officer, with the consent of their respective masters. They had two children born in that free-labor Territory. The mother was bought by the master of Scott, and parents and children were taken by that officer back to Missouri and there sold. Scott sued for his freedom on the plea of his involuntary residence in a free-labor Territory and State for several years. The case was tried in the Circuit Court of St. Louis, and the decision was in Scott's favor. The Supreme Court of the State reversed the decision, and the case was carried to the Supreme Court of the United St
Roger Brooke Taney (search for this): entry dred-scott-case-the
r Territory. The mother was bought by the master of Scott, and parents and children were taken by that officer back to Missouri and there sold. Scott sued for his freedom on the plea of his involuntary residence in a free-labor Territory and State for several years. The case was tried in the Circuit Court of St. Louis, and the decision was in Scott's favor. The Supreme Court of the State reversed the decision, and the case was carried to the Supreme Court of the United States, chief-justice Roger B. Taney (q. v.) presiding. The chief-justice and a majority of the court were friends of the slave system, and their decision, which, for prudential reasons, was withheld until after the Presidential election in 1856, was against Scott. The chief-justice declared that any person whose ancestors were imported into this country and held as slaves had no right to sue in a court in the United States; in other words, he denied the right of citizenship to any person who had been a slave or wa
Dred Scott (search for this): entry dred-scott-case-the
Dred Scott case, the. 1856- At about the time that Mr. Buchanan became President-elect of the republic, a case of much moment was adjudicated by the Supreme Court of the United States. A negro named Dred Scott had been the slave of a United States army officer living in Missournois, to which the latter had been ordered in the year 1834. There Scott married the female slave of another officer, with the consent of th that free-labor Territory. The mother was bought by the master of Scott, and parents and children were taken by that officer back to Missouri and there sold. Scott sued for his freedom on the plea of his involuntary residence in a free-labor Territory and State for several yearsas tried in the Circuit Court of St. Louis, and the decision was in Scott's favor. The Supreme Court of the State reversed the decision, andwithheld until after the Presidential election in 1856, was against Scott. The chief-justice declared that any person whose ancestors were i
James Buchanan (search for this): entry dred-scott-case-the
Dred Scott case, the. 1856- At about the time that Mr. Buchanan became President-elect of the republic, a case of much moment was adjudicated by the Supreme Court of the United States. A negro named Dred Scott had been the slave of a United States army officer living in Missouri. He was taken by his master to a military post in Illinois, to which the latter had been ordered in the year 1834. There Scott married the female slave of another officer, with the consent of their respective masat the decision was final; that slavery was a national institution, having the right to exist anywhere in the Union, and that the boast of a Georgia politician that he should yet count his slaves on Bunker Hill might be legally carried out. President Buchanan, who had been informed of this decision before its promulgation, foreshadowed his course in the matter in his inaugural address (March 4, 1857), in which he spoke of the measure as one which would speedily and finally settle the slavery que
1834 AD (search for this): entry dred-scott-case-the
Dred Scott case, the. 1856- At about the time that Mr. Buchanan became President-elect of the republic, a case of much moment was adjudicated by the Supreme Court of the United States. A negro named Dred Scott had been the slave of a United States army officer living in Missouri. He was taken by his master to a military post in Illinois, to which the latter had been ordered in the year 1834. There Scott married the female slave of another officer, with the consent of their respective masters. They had two children born in that free-labor Territory. The mother was bought by the master of Scott, and parents and children were taken by that officer back to Missouri and there sold. Scott sued for his freedom on the plea of his involuntary residence in a free-labor Territory and State for several years. The case was tried in the Circuit Court of St. Louis, and the decision was in Scott's favor. The Supreme Court of the State reversed the decision, and the case was carried to the
March 6th, 1857 AD (search for this): entry dred-scott-case-the
on held the same views. The chief-justice went further in his extra-judicial declarations, saying that the Missouri compromise (q. v.)and all other acts restricting slavery were unconstitutional, and that neither Congress nor local legislatures had any authority for restricting the spread over the whole Union of the institution of slavery. The dominant party assumed that the decision was final; that slavery was a national institution, having the right to exist anywhere in the Union, and that the boast of a Georgia politician that he should yet count his slaves on Bunker Hill might be legally carried out. President Buchanan, who had been informed of this decision before its promulgation, foreshadowed his course in the matter in his inaugural address (March 4, 1857), in which he spoke of the measure as one which would speedily and finally settle the slavery question; and he announced his determination to cheerfully submit to it. The decision, or opinion, was promulgated March 6, 1857.
March 4th, 1857 AD (search for this): entry dred-scott-case-the
on held the same views. The chief-justice went further in his extra-judicial declarations, saying that the Missouri compromise (q. v.)and all other acts restricting slavery were unconstitutional, and that neither Congress nor local legislatures had any authority for restricting the spread over the whole Union of the institution of slavery. The dominant party assumed that the decision was final; that slavery was a national institution, having the right to exist anywhere in the Union, and that the boast of a Georgia politician that he should yet count his slaves on Bunker Hill might be legally carried out. President Buchanan, who had been informed of this decision before its promulgation, foreshadowed his course in the matter in his inaugural address (March 4, 1857), in which he spoke of the measure as one which would speedily and finally settle the slavery question; and he announced his determination to cheerfully submit to it. The decision, or opinion, was promulgated March 6, 1857.
1856 AD (search for this): entry dred-scott-case-the
Dred Scott case, the. 1856- At about the time that Mr. Buchanan became President-elect of the republic, a case of much moment was adjudicated by the Supreme Court of the United States. A negro named Dred Scott had been the slave of a United States army officer living in Missouri. He was taken by his master to a military post in Illinois, to which the latter had been ordered in the year 1834. There Scott married the female slave of another officer, with the consent of their respective masnited States, chief-justice Roger B. Taney (q. v.) presiding. The chief-justice and a majority of the court were friends of the slave system, and their decision, which, for prudential reasons, was withheld until after the Presidential election in 1856, was against Scott. The chief-justice declared that any person whose ancestors were imported into this country and held as slaves had no right to sue in a court in the United States; in other words, he denied the right of citizenship to any perso