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Antislavery in the United States 1776-1865:
A Pathfinder
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Dred Scott
The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
A good starting point for locating information about Dred Scott.
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: US Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1875
This Library of Congress website allows one to search Congressional documents for the years 1774-1875. This source is useful in locating
opinions regarding Dred Scott.
Documenting the American South
This digital library of southern history includes opinions regarding Dred Scott.
Dred Scott - Library - MNHS.ORG
This page contains a summary of Dred Scott and a listing of resources available at the
Minnesota Historical Society.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
A listing of recommended resources about the case made by the Library of Congress Digital Reference Section.
Dred Scott’s fight for freedom
Brief article about Dred Scott from the PBS website Africans in America.
From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection
This digital collection from the Library of Congress contains various opinions about the Dred Scott decision.
Gilder Lehrman Center Bibliography of Online Documents
See
The Dred Scott Decision and its Bitter Legacy online exhibit for a brief intro to the topic.
Hathi Trust Digital Library
This digital repository makes available collections from numerous research libraries. Use the
Catalog for locating
items about Dred Scott.
Internet Archive
This digital library provides a gateway to documents about Dred Scott.
Making of America (MOA) - Joint venture between Cornell University and the University of Michigan.
This digital library contains scanned images of US primary and secondary sources from 1850 to 1877, including items about Dred Scott. The Cornell
version focuses on popular journals of the time. The
University of Michigan version focuses on books/monographs.
Missouri Digital Heritage - Missouri’s Dred Scott Case
A few pages of info about the Dred Scott case.
The Revised Dred Scott Case Collection
The
Washington University Digital Gateway maintains this website containing records of the Dred Scott litigation that
began in 1846 when Dred and Harriett Scott sued for their freedom. Their quest for freedom by legal means
ended with the controversial 1858 Supreme Court decision. A
Chronology and
History of the Dred Scott Case are
included, as are links to additional resources.
Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection
The Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections maintains this excellent resource containing
antislavery material. One may search or browse this website for digitized pamphlets about Scott.
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