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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04393 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | The Dred Scott Decision |
| Date | 1860 |
| Author | Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864) |
| Additional authors | Cartwright, Samuel A. (1793-1863) Van Evrie, John H. (1814-1896) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | A pamphlet containing Taney's ruling in the Dred Scott case, as well as two articles asserting the inferiority of "the negro race." One is an introduction by Van Evrie stating "the Supreme Court, in the Dred Scott decision, has defined the relations, and fixed the status of the subordinate race forever-for that decision is in accord with the natural relations of the races, and therefore can never perish. It is based on historical and existing facts, which are indisputable, and it is a necessary, indeed unavoidable inference, from these facts." The other is an essay by Cartwright entitled "Natural History of the Prognatuos Race of Mankind," a pseudo-scientific attempt to create a racial hierarchy. Published by Van Evrie, Horton & Co. |
| Subjects | Superstition Dred Scott Judiciary African American History Science and Technology Law Slavery Freedom and Independence Freemen |
| People | Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864) Cartwright, Samuel Adolphus (1793-1863) Van Evrie, John H. (1814-1896) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | African Americans; Government & Politics; Law; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |