02623cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000330012624501870015926400510034630000470039733600260044433700260047033800360049650000310053250802160056352012030077953400450198265300290202765300270205670000530208370000370213670000280217385600430220199900170224431425UtSlPG20260610133721.0mcr n260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a07008916  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aKF1 aUnited States. Supreme Court10aReport of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F. A. Sandford :bDecember Term, 1856. 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2010  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2010-02-27  aProduced by Meredith Bach, Linda Cantoni, and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This
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material from the Google Print project.)  a"Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States" by Benjamin C. Howard is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. This document details the landmark Dred Scott v. John F.A. Sandford case, which addressed critical issues surrounding the status of enslaved individuals and their rights under the Constitution. The primary focus of the text is the Supreme Court's decision regarding Dred Scott's claim for freedom and citizenship.  The opening of the text serves to lay the groundwork for the judicial proceedings surrounding Dred Scott, a man enslaved by Dr. Emerson, who sustained a legal battle against John Sandford for his freedom. Presented to the Supreme Court, the case examined key factual elements of Scott's life, including the circumstances of his enslavement and previous legal rulings in his favor. The narrative establishes the legal framework, outlining the arguments made by both the plaintiff and the defendant and the judges' deliberations, ultimately leading to the critical question of whether Scott had the right to sue in a federal court, impacting the discourse on citizenship for African Americans. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aSlavery -- United States  aScott, Dred, 1809-18581 aHoward, Benjamin C.q(Benjamin Chew),d1791-18721 aSanford, John F. A.,d1807?-18571 aScott, Dred,d1809-185840uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31425  c72271d72271