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To: nolu chan
Scott v. Emerson, Harriet v. Emerson, Scott v. Sanford, et al., Harriet v Sanford, et al. and Scott v. Sandford (sic) were all part of establishing the Scott's freedom. There were certain, fundamental questions raised in all five of those cases.

Scott v Sandford did not appear out of thin air, without a history. Although Negro citizenship and the restriction on slavery in the territories in the Missouri Compromise were not part of Emerson, other issues did. Fehrenbacher notes that Scott's attorney, Montgomery Blair, "drew heavily from Judge Gamble's dissenting opinion in Scott v Emerson." Fehrenbacher also notes that the "defence counsel reiterated the arguments previously used in Sanford's behalf."

My comment that these cases were "all part of the Dred Scott record" is quite true.

1,192 posted on 11/25/2004 1:18:47 AM PST by capitan_refugio
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To: capitan_refugio
[cr #1192] My comment that these cases were "all part of the Dred Scott record" is quite true.

When attributed to Scott v. Sandford, it is scurrilous bullcrap. When then trying to lie your way out by saying it is part of the Dred Scott record, it is pathetic.

1,408 posted on 11/26/2004 12:12:07 PM PST by nolu chan
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