Boston (MA) Herald, “Dred Scott,” March 14, 1857

“Dred Scott,” Boston (MA) Herald, March 14, 1857

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Source citation:

“Dred Scott,” Boston (MA) Herald, March 14, 1857, p. 4.

Newspaper: Publication:

Boston Herald

Newspaper: Headline:

Dred Scott

Newspaper: Page(s):

Type:

Newspaper

Date Certainty:

Exact

Transcriber:

Zak Rosenberg, Dickinson College

Transcription date:

07/20/2007

Transcription

The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.

DRED SCOTT. It is stated that by the decision of the Supreme Court, Dred Scott and his family will legally become "the chattels" of Dr. Chaffee of Springfield, one of the Massachusetts delegation in Congress, that gentlemen having married the widow of Dr. Emerson of Missouri, the master of Dred Scott, who carried him into Illinois.

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