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Dred Scott and the Politics of Slavery
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Dred Scott and the Politics of Slavery. By Earl M. Maltz. Landmark Law Cases and American Society. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, c. 2007. Pp. [x], 182. Paper, $15.95, ISBN 978-0-7006-1503-2; cloth, $29.95, ISBN 978-0-7006-1502-5.)
Earl M. Maltz has provided a brief, highly readable introduction to one of the U.S. Supreme Court's most infamous decisions. On its face, Dred Scott and the Politics of Slavery seems very familiar. "[T]He story of Dred Scott" says Maltz, presenting a...
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