Emerson, John

Life Span
to
Full name
Dr. John Emerson
Birth Date Certainty
Estimated
Death Date Certainty
Estimated
Gender
Male
Race
White
Occupation
Military
Doctor, Dentist or Nurse
Relation to Slavery
Slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Dred Scott Case
Date Title
Washington (DC) National Intelligencer, “Decision in a Slave Case,” April 8, 1852
Boston (MA) Investigator, “A Slavery Decision Reversed,” May 12, 1852
Louisville (KY) Journal, "The Case of Dred Scott," December 27, 1856
Boston (MA) Herald, “Dred Scott,” March 14, 1857
Chicago Style Entry Link
Dykstra, Robert R. "Dr. Emerson's Sam: Black Iowans before the Civil War." Iowa Heritage Illustrated 85, no. 2-3 (2004): 50-63. view record
How to Cite This Page: "Emerson, John," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/5629.