Redemption Songs —— Suing for Freedom before Dred Scott

----- 拯救之歌：奴隶制法庭故事

ISBN: 9780199927296 出版年：2015 页码：318 VanderVelde, Lea Oxford University Press

There is no more legendary case in American legal history than Dred Scott v. Sanford. An extraordinary example of a slave suing his master for freedom, it led to a devastating pro-slavery ruling by Chief Justice Roger Taney in the Supreme Court and helped precipitate the Civil War. With deep appreciation for the courage required for a slave to challenge a master in court, VanVelde reshapes our understanding of border-state slavery and the impact of the seemingly powerless on American law.