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, 1856C. Wendell, printer, 1857 - 239 էջ |
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... negro of African descent ; his ancestors were of pure African blood , and were brought into this country and sold as negro slaves , and this the said Sandford is ready to verify . Wherefore he prays judgment , whether this court can or ...
... negro of African descent ; his ancestors were of pure African blood , and were brought into this country and sold as negro slaves , and this the said Sandford is ready to verify . Wherefore he prays judgment , whether this court can or ...
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... negro slave , the lawful property of the defendant ; and as to the issue thirdly above joined , we , the jury , find that , before and at the time when , & c . , in the second and third counts mentioned , the said Harriet , wife of said ...
... negro slave , the lawful property of the defendant ; and as to the issue thirdly above joined , we , the jury , find that , before and at the time when , & c . , in the second and third counts mentioned , the said Harriet , wife of said ...
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... negro of African descent , whose ancestors were of pure African blood , and who were brought into this country and sold as slaves . To this plea the plaintiff demurred , and the defendant joined in demurrer . The court overruled the ...
... negro of African descent , whose ancestors were of pure African blood , and who were brought into this country and sold as slaves . To this plea the plaintiff demurred , and the defendant joined in demurrer . The court overruled the ...
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... negro , whose ancestors were imported into this country , and sold as slaves , become a member of the political community formed and brought into existence by the Constitution of the United States , and as such become entitled to all ...
... negro , whose ancestors were imported into this country , and sold as slaves , become a member of the political community formed and brought into existence by the Constitution of the United States , and as such become entitled to all ...
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... negro African race , at that time in this country , or who might afterwards be imported , who had then or should after- wards be made free in any State ; and to put it in the power of a single State to make him a citizen of the United ...
... negro African race , at that time in this country , or who might afterwards be imported , who had then or should after- wards be made free in any State ; and to put it in the power of a single State to make him a citizen of the United ...
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Էջ 199 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Էջ 181 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, (paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted,) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
Էջ 11 - On the contrary they were at that time considered as a subordinate and inferior class of beings, who had been subjugated by the dominant race, and whether emancipated or not, yet remained subject to their authority, and had no rights or privileges but such as those who held the power and the Government might choose to grant them.
Էջ 49 - They are legislative courts, created in virtue of the general right of sovereignty which exists in the government, or in virtue of that clause which enables congress to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory belonging to the United States.
Էջ 130 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Էջ 51 - The constitution vests the whole judicial power of the United States in one Supreme Court, and such inferior courts as congress shall, from time to time, ordain and establish.
Էջ 107 - ... in all cases of taxation and internal polity subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
Էջ 108 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Էջ 152 - Waiving the question of the constitutional authority of the Legislature to establish an incorporated bank as being precluded in my judgment by repeated recognitions under varied circumstances of the validity of such an institution in acts of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Government, accompanied by indications, in different modes, of a concurrence of the general will of the nation...
Էջ 142 - Twenty years will produce all the mischief that can be apprehended from the liberty to import slaves. So long a term will be more dishonorable to the American character than to say nothing about it in the Constitution.