Author: New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Select Committee on so much of the Governor's Message as Relates to the Extension of Slavery Over Territory Now Free
Author: Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Select Committee on Slavery, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Action of the Federal Government Thereon
The Washington University Libraries presents an online exhibit of documents regarding the Dred Scott case. American slave Dred Scott (1795?-1858) and his wife Harriet filed suit for their freedom in the Saint Louis Circuit Court in 1846. The U.S. Supreme Court decided in 1857 that the Scotts must remain slaves.
Excerpt from Report of the Joint Special Committee on So Much of the Governor's Address as Relates to Slavery and on Petitions Praying the Legislature to Instruct Their Senators and to Request Representatives in Congress to Procure a Repeal of the "Fugitive Slave Law" I It subjects the people to unreasonable searches and seiz ures, and thus violates their right to be secure in their per sons; for any man may be arrested on the affidavit of any other man swearing that he is a slave, and be sent into bondage by the act of a single commissioner. We have already seen free men thus seized and hurried off to slavery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Report and minority report of the Select Committee on the communication from the governor relative to the enslaved person, George Latimar. This committee resolved that the slaveholders in the state have a right to the return of their fugitive slaves who were in other states; and that Congress should so pass that act. The minority was more threatening in tone and suggested that the state would be responsible for the enforcement of citizens' rights, not the federal government.