Dred Scott decision: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Don E. Fehrenbacher, The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics (1978); Walter Ehrlich, They Have No Rights: Dred Scott’s Struggle for Freedom (1979); Paul Finkelman, Dred Scott v. Sandford: A Brief History with Documents (1997); Austin Allen, Origins of the Dred Scott Case: Jacksonian Jurisprudence and the Supreme Court, 1837–1857 (2006); Mark A. Graber, Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil (2006); David Thomas Konig, Paul Finkelman, and Christopher Alan Bracey (eds.), The Dred Scott Case: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Race and Law (2010).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: Minnesota State - American History Told By Contemporaries - Dred Scott Decision. | Sep 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Dred Scott Decision: The Lawsuit That Started The Civil War. | Aug 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Arizona State University - Center for American Civics - The Dred Scott Case: Judicial Opinions and Lincolns Speech on it (April 26, 1857) (PDF). | May 23, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BYU Law Digital Library - Admitting a Wrong: Apology for the Historical Injustice of the Dred Scott Case (PDF). | Jan 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Justia U.S. Supreme Court - Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1856). | Apr 21, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Civil War on the Western Border - Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857). | Feb 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Dred Scott v. Sandford: A Prelude to the Civil War. | Nov 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chapman University Digital Commons - The Reaction to the Dred Scott Decision. | Sep 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Zinn Education Project - March 6, 1857: Dred (and Harriet) Scott Decision. | May 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital History - The Dred Scott Decision. | Apr 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Constitution Center - Dred Scott v. Sandford. | Jan 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Dred Scott v. Sandford. | Nov 07, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - U.S. History - The Dred Scott Decision and Sectional Strife. | Aug 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - The Dred Scott Case: Dred Scott v. Sanford. | Jun 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Archives - Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857). | May 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Missouri Digital Heritage - Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857. | Apr 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Legal Information Institute - Dred Scott, Plaintiff in Error v. John F. A. Sandford. | Jan 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Trials - The Dred Scott Trial. | Aug 25, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 29, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 10, 2020 | ||
| Changed the year John Emerson began moving from “1834” to “1833.” | Jul 23, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Aug 01, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History for Kids - Dred Scott Decision. | Feb 05, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Dred Scott. | Jul 14, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - The Supreme Court - Dred Scott v. Sandford. | Jul 14, 2016 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | Mar 25, 2014 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Mar 25, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Dred Scott. | Mar 05, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackPast - (1857) Dred Scott v. Sandford. | Feb 07, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: AmericanCivilWar.com - Dred Scott Decision. | Feb 07, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Missouri Historical Society - The Dred Scott Case. | Feb 07, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: UShistory.org - The Dred Scott Decision. | Feb 07, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: African American Registry - The Dred Scott Case. | Feb 06, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - The Case of Dred Scott. | Mar 24, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Missouri - Dred Scott Case Summary. | Mar 24, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - The Dred Scott Case. | Mar 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: UShistory.org- The Dred Scott Decision. | Mar 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - The Dred Scott Case. | Mar 20, 2013 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 21, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 27, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 23, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 15, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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