Slavery, La, and Politics The Dred Scott Case in Historical Perspective [Paperback]

This is an abridgement of the Pulitzer-Prize winningThe Dred Scott Case,making Fehrenbacher's monumental work available to a wider audience. Although it condenses the original by half, all the chapters and major themes of the larger work have been retained, providing a masterful review of the issues before America on the eve of the Civil War.

This magisterial study is a triumph of scholarship....Must reading for anyone interested in American legal history or the Civil War. --Virginia Quarterly Review