March 13, 1857 A brief note calls attention to an abstract of the decision in another portion of the paper. “The decision is, to the last degree, infamous and tyrannical.…
Category: <span>Dred Scott Decision</span>
March 27, 1857 From the Watchman and the Reflector, is the comment that the decision “works a complete revolution in our government”, that “If this decision be submitted to, there…
April 3, 1857 Included among several responses is a letter from Gerrit Smith, a long letter from the Hon. Joshua Giddings addressed to Judge Taney, and several short articles from…
April 10, 1857 Report of a “large meeting of colored people” which passed strong resolutions condemning the decision. Robert Purvis is the main speaker, but William Still and Lenox Remond…
June 12, 1857 Signed only as “L”, the author offers a sarcastic version of Taney’s decision, given as if he was in attendance when the decision was announced. The final…
August 21, 1857 Under the Refuge of Oppression column, appears an item from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, indicating that it is an “exposition of Buchanan Democracy”. “The Republican party will…
August 28, 1857 This article is by William Cooper Nell, claims that one response to the Taney decision has been: “Priests, warriors and statesmen, from Georgia to Maine Are mounting…
September 18, 1857 Here is a call for citizens of the free states to meet in Convention, in Cleveland. With a clear reference to the Dred Scott Decision, which has…
March 26, 1858 Almost two full pages are given to an address in the Masssachusetts House of Representatives, by John A. Andrew, “remonstrating against” the Dred Scott decision.