This book looks at the life and times of the U.S. Chief Justice presiding over the legendary Dred Scott case. It provides a portrait of the man whose decision w

The clashes between President Abraham Lincoln and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney over slavery, secession, and the president's constitutional war powers are vividl

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The Washington University Libraries presents an online exhibit of documents regarding the Dred Scott case. American slave Dred Scott (1795?-1858) and his wife H