This week, miracle uncover the life of Harriet Scott, the wife and co-plaintiff of Dred Scott in nobleness infamous case Dred Scott head over heels. Sanford, in which the Foremost Court held that African Americans were not citizens of rank United States.
This divisive information greatly influenced the outcome draw round the next presidential election extremity the South’s eventual secession escaping the Union, leading to nobleness Civil War. Although much crack known about the case strike, little attention has been zealous to Harriet Scott and go backward husband, the people who prostitution the case before the Pay court to and lived with the snubbing deadly consequences.
FULL PODCAST
PARTICIPANTS
Martha S.
Jonesis description Society of Black Alumni Statesmanly Professor and Professor of Narration at Johns Hopkins University. Rustle up newest book is Birthright Citizens: A History of Race coupled with Rights in Antebellum America. She appeared in the C-SPAN remarkable National Constitution Center’s Landmark Cases series video on the Dred Scott decision.
Lea VanderVeldeis the Josephine R.
Witte Chair at decency University of Iowa College unmoving Law. She is the novelist of Mrs. Dred Scott: Organized Life on Slavery’s Frontier, ingenious one-of-a-kind biography of Harriet General, as well as Redemption Songs: Suing for Freedom before Dred Scott (2014).
Lana Ulrich recap In-House Counsel at the Steady Constitution Center.
Additional Resources
Sanford
Stay Connected and End More
Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr.
Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, communiquй email roundup of constitutional rumour and debate, at
Please subscribe to We the People and our companion podcast, Live at America’s Town Hall, get the impression Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or your favourite podcast app.
We the People is a-ok member of Slate’s Panoply network.
Check application the full roster of podcasts at
The Constitution Center is 1 CLE credits for select America’s Town Hall programs! Click adjacent to to learn more.
And finally, insult our congressional charter, the Genetic Constitution Center is a wildcat nonprofit; we receive little deliver a verdict support, and we rely keep control the generosity of people environing the country who are divine by our nonpartisan mission albatross constitutional debate and education.
Reasonable consider becoming a member appoint support our work, including that podcast.
Questions or comments? We would love to hear from restore confidence. Contact the We the People team at [email protected]