Dred Scott and the Politics of Slavery

Editors' Preface vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1(3) The Politics of Slavery, 1785--1842 4(15) The Supreme Court and Slavery, 1825--1842 19(15) Slavery in the Territories, 1842--1856 34(26) The Road to the Supreme Court 60(16) The Supreme Court in 1856 76(25) Arguments and Deliberations 101(17) The Opinions of the Justices 118(22) The Impact of Dred Scott 140(15) Dred Scott and the Limits of Judicial Power 155(2) Chronology 157(4) Bibliographic Essay 161(8) Index 169