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

    Source citation
    “Dred Scott,” Boston (MA) Herald, March 14, 1857, p. 4.
    Newspaper: Publication
    Boston Herald
    Newspaper: Headline
    Dred Scott
    Newspaper: Page(s)
    4
    Type
    Newspaper
    Date Certainty
    Exact
    Transcriber
    Zak Rosenberg, Dickinson College
    Transcription date
    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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