Dred and Harriet Scott, a family's struggle for freedom, Gwenyth Swain
Type
Label
Dred and Harriet Scott, a family's struggle for freedom, Gwenyth Swain
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-100) and index
resource.biographical
collective biography
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Dred and Harriet Scott
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
53276225
Responsibility statement
Gwenyth Swain
Sub title
a family's struggle for freedom
Summary
Relates the story of the slaves whose eleven-year legal battle to assert their right to be free resulted in the Supreme Court decision that brought the northern and southern states one step closer to war
Table Of Contents
Dred and the Blow boys -- Big changes -- Meeting Harriet -- Young and likely -- Freedom lost and found and lost again -- The Dred Scott decision -- Free at last
Target audience
pre adolescent
Classification
Creator
Subject
- Biographies
- Juvenile works
- Scott, Dred, 1809-1858 -- Juvenile literature
- Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Enslaved persons + Legal status, laws, etc -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Slaves
- Scott, Harriet, approximately 1820-1876 -- Juvenile literature
- Trials
- Slaves + Legal status, laws, etc
- Trial and arbitral proceedings
- Scott, Dred, 1809-1858 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature
- Scott, Harriet, approximately 1820-1876
- Scott, Harriet, -approximately 1870
- United States
- Scott, Dred, 1809-1858
- Slavery + Law and legislation
- Literature
- Slavery + Law and legislation -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Biography
Content
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre4
- Subject19
- Biographies
- Juvenile works
- Scott, Dred, 1809-1858 -- Juvenile literature
- Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Enslaved persons + Legal status, laws, etc -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Slaves
- Scott, Harriet, approximately 1820-1876 -- Juvenile literature
- Trials
- Slaves + Legal status, laws, etc
- Trial and arbitral proceedings
- Scott, Dred, 1809-1858 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature
- Scott, Harriet, approximately 1820-1876
- Scott, Harriet, -approximately 1870
- United States
- Scott, Dred, 1809-1858
- Slavery + Law and legislation
- Literature
- Slavery + Law and legislation -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Biography
- Content1
- Mapped to1