THE CASE OF DRED SCOTT IN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. THE FULL OPINIONS OF CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY AND JUSTICE CURTIS, AND ABSTRACTS OF THE OPINIONS OF THE OTHER JUDGES; WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THE POINTS RULED, AND SOME CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS.
New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1857. Original unbound copy in stitches as issued. The first edition of the summary of the landmark case, which includes Justice Taney’s assertion that people of African descent “are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word ‘citizens’ in the Constitution.....