Definition of Dred scott

1. Noun. United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858).

Exact synonyms: Scott
Generic synonyms: Slave

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dred Scott

Drama
Drambuie
Drangiana
Draper's law
Draskhanakert
Drava
Drave
Dravidian
Dravidian language
Dravidians
Dravidic
Drayton
Dreaming
Dreamtime
Drechslera
Dred Scott
Dreiser
Dreissena polymorpha
Drenthe
Drepanididae
Drepanis
Dresden
Dresdenware
Dresdner
Dresdners
Dressler's syndrome
Dressler's syndromes
Dressler beat
Dreulofoy's lesion
Drew

Literary usage of Dred scott

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Select Documents Illustrative of the History of the United States, 1776-1861 by William MacDonald (1897)
"Sandford) are as follow.s : dred scott was a negro slave, the property of Dr. Emerson, a surgeon in the United States army. In 1834 Scott was taken by his ..."

2. The Middle Period, 1817-1858 by John William Burgess (1897)
"THE dred scott CASE The Origin of the dred scott Case—Two dred scott ... THE time has come when the correct story of the dred scott case may be told, ..."

3. State Documents on Federal Relations: The States and the United States by Herman Vandenburg Ames (1906)
"23; Cluskey, 147-205; Contemporary discussions: TH Benton, Historical and Legal Examination of the Caseof dred scott; SA Foot, Examination of the Case of ..."

4. A Political Text-book for 1860: Comprising a Brief View of Presidential by Horace Greeley, John Fitch Cleveland (1860)
"The negro's name was " dred scott," which паше now designates the decision finally made in the case. Before the •then next Presidential Election, ..."

5. Documentary Source Book of American History by William MacDonald (1916)
"[US Slat, at Large, X., 277-290.] No. 113. dred scott Decision March 6, 1857 THE main facts of the dred scott case (dred scott v. ..."

6. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1903)
"This was its decision in the case of dred scott v. Sandford. dred scott was a negro slave whose master, an army surgeon, had carried him for a brief period ..."

7. Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1913 by William MacDonald (1916)
"dred scott Decision March 6, 1857 THE main facts of the dred scott case ... Sandford) are as follows: dred scott was a negro slave, the property of Dr. ..."

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