Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856.

Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856 by Benjamin C. Howard is a primary-source legal report that chronicles one of the most consequential Supreme Court cases in American history. This nonfiction legal history edition reproduces the full opinions delivered during the December term, including Chief Justice Taney’s majority opinion and the concurring and dissenting writings that followed. Listeners will find the case background, procedural posture, and the reasoning of each justice laid out in detail, offering direct access to 19th-century judicial language and constitutional argument. The report illuminates themes of federal jurisdiction, citizenship, property law, and the national crisis over slavery that prefaced the Civil War. Presented as a historical Supreme Court decision and legal report, the text preserves the original opinions while situating them in their turbulent historical context. Ideal for law students, historians, civil-rights scholars, and anyone researching American constitutional law, Dred Scott v. Sandford, or the antebellum era, this audiobook provides indispensable primary documentation and insight into a landmark Supreme Court ruling.