Dred Scott v. Sandford (1856)

Missouri Compromise Decision; Citizenship for Blacks Case

Listen to the opinion of the Court:

• Part 1 (45:50 m)
• Part 2 (51:08 m)
• Part 3 (54:51 m)

Read the opinion.

Links to other resources:

• Dred Scott and the Politics of Slavery by Earl M. Maltz
• Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil by Mark A. Graber
• Dred Scott Case reargued in Second Life (video)
• Dred Scott Photograph
• Dred Scott v. Sandford: A Brief History with Documents by Paul Finkelman
• FSN Bay Area Salutes Dred Scott (video)
• Harper's Magazine article from July 1907
• I, Dred Scott: A Fictional Slave Narrative Based on the Life and Legal Precedent of Dred Scott by Sheila P. Moses
• June 26, 1857, Speech by Abraham Lincoln
• The Library of Congress
• May 14, 1857, Speech by Frederick Douglass (read by Ossie Davis)
• New York Daily Times article
• Origins of the Dred Scott Case: Jacksonian Jurisprudence and the Supreme Court, 1837-1857 by Austin Allen
• Reconsideration of Dred Scott v. Sandford (video)
• Slavery, Law, and Politics: The Dred Scott Case in Historical Perspective by Don E. Fehrenbacher
• Street Law and the Supreme Court Historical Society
• Washington University in St. Louis Dred Scott Case Collection