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A Hard Shove for a "Nation On the Brink": The Impact of Dred Scott


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By Lisa Cozzens

Dred Scott

  1. The beginnings of Scott v. Sandford
  2. The case in the federal judicial system
  3. The decision
  4. Dissenting opinions and reactions
  5. The road to civil war

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