Project Gutenberg 2010-02-27 Public domain in the USA. 171 United States. Supreme Court Supreme Court (U.S.) Supreme Court of the United States Howard, Benjamin C. (Benjamin Chew) 1791 1872 Howard, Benjamin Chew Sanford, John F. A. 1806 1857 Sandford, John F. A. Scott, Dred 1809 1858 07008916 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 versus John F. A. Sandford December Term, 1856. Produced by Meredith Bach, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "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.) Reading ease score: 48.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Slavery -- United States Scott, Dred, 1809-1858 KF Text Noteworthy Trials(Bookshelf) Category: History - American Category: Law & Criminology 707220 2025-07-13T04:19:49.325604 text/html 708653 2010-02-27T10:16:48 text/html 351685 2025-07-13T04:19:59.378572 application/epub+zip 359152 2025-07-13T04:19:53.381610 application/epub+zip 300067 2025-07-13T04:19:51.966647 application/epub+zip 710209 2025-07-13T04:20:03.960539 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 668989 2025-07-13T04:19:58.348618 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 422573 2022-09-14T11:50:15.475002 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 675691 2025-07-13T04:19:48.577630 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 675395 2010-02-27T10:16:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 675391 2010-02-27T10:16:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22759 2025-07-13T04:20:04.111519 application/rdf+xml 26547 2025-07-13T04:19:52.479607 image/jpeg 4775 2025-07-13T04:19:52.222616 image/jpeg 215937 2010-02-27T10:16:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 222766 2010-02-27T10:16:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 215902 2010-02-27T10:16:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 340426 2025-07-13T04:19:49.373686 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia