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5. Roger B. Taney: Slavery’s Great Chief Justice

  • Paul Finkelman
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Supreme Injustice
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© 2018 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

© 2018 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. The Antebellum Constitution and Slavery 11
  5. 2. John Marshall: Slave Owner and Jurist 26
  6. 3. John Marshall and the African Slave Trade 76
  7. 4. Joseph Story: New England Icon in the Service of Slavery 112
  8. 5. Roger B. Taney: Slavery’s Great Chief Justice 172
  9. Coda 219
  10. Notes 227
  11. Acknowledgements 265
  12. Index of Cases Cited 269
  13. Index 275
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674982079-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. The Antebellum Constitution and Slavery 11
  5. 2. John Marshall: Slave Owner and Jurist 26
  6. 3. John Marshall and the African Slave Trade 76
  7. 4. Joseph Story: New England Icon in the Service of Slavery 112
  8. 5. Roger B. Taney: Slavery’s Great Chief Justice 172
  9. Coda 219
  10. Notes 227
  11. Acknowledgements 265
  12. Index of Cases Cited 269
  13. Index 275
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