Redemption Songs: Suing for Freedom Before Dred Scott

by Lea Vandervelde

The Dred Scott case is the most notorious example of slaves suing for freedom. Most examinations of the case focus on its notorious verdict, and the repercussions that the decision set off-especially the worsening of the sectional crisis that would eventually lead to the Civil War-were extreme. In conventional assessment, a slave losing a lawsuit against his master seems unremarkable. But in fact, that case was just one of many freedom suits brought...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199927294
• ISBN13: 9780199927296
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.7"