Mrs. Dred Scott

Mrs. Dred Scott
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 497
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ISBN-10 : 9780199754083
ISBN-13 : 019975408X
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Book Synopsis Mrs. Dred Scott by : Lea VanderVelde

Download or read book Mrs. Dred Scott written by Lea VanderVelde and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In telling the life of Harriet, Dred's wife and co-litigant in the case, this book provides a compensatory history to the generations of work that missed key sources only recently brought to light. Moreover, it gives insight into the reasons and ways that slaves used the courts to establish their freedom. --from publisher description.


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