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Celebrate their freedom, not the ugly case bearing their name
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
(2007)
Abstract
One hundred fifty years ago, Chief Justice Roger Taney announced the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford. Yet then something changed the lives of Dred and Harriet Scott and their daughters, Eliza and Lizzie, at least as much as the Dred Scott decision did: They became free. The day should come when their emancipation is more celebrated than their court defeat is observed.
Keywords
- Dred Scott,
- Harriet Scott,
- memory,
- Dred Scott Case
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Publication Date
May 21, 2007
Citation Information
Adam Arenson. "Celebrate their freedom, not the ugly case bearing their name" St. Louis Post-Dispatch (2007) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/adam_arenson/11/