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Annotated Bibliography
Primary Sources:
Schultze, Louis. Dred Scott. 1888. Photograph. The Missouri History Museum.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because it’s one of the few know paintings of Scott.
Unknown. “The Political Quadrille.” Cartoon. Harper’s Weekly 1860. Web. 12 Jan 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because it illustrates the impact the Dred Scott decision had on the 1860 presidential election and, later on, the South’s secession from the Union.
Healy, George. Portrait of Roger Brooke Taney. n.d. Web. The Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., United States.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because Roger B. Taney was the Chief Justice at the time of the Dred Scott v Sanford case and was a furious supporter of the Southern cause.
Unknown. Harriet Scott. Minnesota Historical Society Collections. Web.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because Harriet Scott was married to Dred Scott and she too sued for freedom.
Alexander Gardner. Abraham Lincoln. 8 Nov 1863. Web. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 19 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because Dred Scott’s case was one of the key contributors to Lincoln’s victory in the presidential election of 1860.
Oliver, Mary Elizabeth. Flag of Missouri. 22 Mar 1913. Web. Missouri History Museum. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because all of Scott’s trials were in Missouri and he lived there.
Unknown. Dr. John Emerson. n.d. Photograph. State Historical Society of Missouri. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because Dr. Emerson was Dred Scott’s owner until he died in 1843.
Weber, Harry. Dred Scott Monument. 8 Jun 2012. Photograph. Missouri State Archives. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because Dred’s Scott’s life was so important that it merited a monument in his name.
Unknown (1857, March 6). Scott Still a Slave. Unknown, pp. n.d.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because it shows how big of a deal Scott’s case was throughout the nation.
Unknown. Dred Scott Drawing. n.d. Photograph. PBS. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because it is one of the few drawings of Dred Scott that I could locate.
Unknown. St. Louis Courthouse. 1828. Photograph. Missouri Historical Society. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because this is where the Scott v. Emerson trial was held.
U.S. Government. United States Supreme Court Seal. 1789. Photograph. Library of Congress. 17 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because Scott’s third and final court case was appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Unknown. Dred Scott Case Cover Sheet. 6 March 1857. Photograph. Library of Congress. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because it was the original cover sheet that summarized the disposition of the case.
Unknown. Dred Scott’s Grave. 2007. Photograph. Wikipedia.org. 17 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because it is Scott’s gravestone and it marks an ending so I put it in the conclusion.
U.S. Mint. Dred Scott Penny. 1857. Photograph. U.S. Mint, Washington, D.C. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because a penny was created in honor of him.
Public Broadcasting Service. PBS. n.d. 8 January 2014.
This is a primary source. I used quotes from this source that were relevant to the Dred Scott decision. These quotes were important because they helped explain the feeling of the case.
Unknown. “Missouri's Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857.” Missouri State Archives. Web. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. I used quotes from this source that were relevant to the Dred Scott decision. These quotes were important because they were straight out of the Supreme Court’s opinion statement.
Secondary Sources:
Minnesota Historical Society. “Split in Two: The Dred Scott Decision – 1857”. Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 23 Oct. 2013. Web. 8 Jan. 2010.
This is a secondary source. The entire video was relevant because it talked about the Dred Scott decision the whole duration. I used information from this video because they had good, quality facts from a respectable source.
Public Broadcasting Service. PBS. n.d. 8 January 2014.
This is a secondary source. The whole essay about Scott was relevant to my topic. The facts I used from this source were important because they helped me thoroughly understand the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court Case.
Unknown. “Missouri's Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857.” Missouri State Archives. Web. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a secondary source. The section involving my court case was the most relevant to my topic. The information I used from this website was important because it provided correct facts and told me the story before and after the case.
Wikipedia Collaborators. ”Dred Scott v. Sanford.” Wikipedia. Wikipedia, n.d. Web. 17 Feb 2014.
This is a secondary source. The sections about the actual court cases were the most relevant. The facts I used from this source were important because they helped me thoroughly understand the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court Case.
Finkenbine, Roy. Dred Scott Decision Zach Czinder. 17 May 2014. E-mail.
This is a secondary source. Most of the questions of questions Professor Finkenbine answered were extremely helpful in truly understanding Scott's purpose in pursuing his freedom.
Primary Sources:
Schultze, Louis. Dred Scott. 1888. Photograph. The Missouri History Museum.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because it’s one of the few know paintings of Scott.
Unknown. “The Political Quadrille.” Cartoon. Harper’s Weekly 1860. Web. 12 Jan 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because it illustrates the impact the Dred Scott decision had on the 1860 presidential election and, later on, the South’s secession from the Union.
Healy, George. Portrait of Roger Brooke Taney. n.d. Web. The Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., United States.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because Roger B. Taney was the Chief Justice at the time of the Dred Scott v Sanford case and was a furious supporter of the Southern cause.
Unknown. Harriet Scott. Minnesota Historical Society Collections. Web.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because Harriet Scott was married to Dred Scott and she too sued for freedom.
Alexander Gardner. Abraham Lincoln. 8 Nov 1863. Web. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 19 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because Dred Scott’s case was one of the key contributors to Lincoln’s victory in the presidential election of 1860.
Oliver, Mary Elizabeth. Flag of Missouri. 22 Mar 1913. Web. Missouri History Museum. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because all of Scott’s trials were in Missouri and he lived there.
Unknown. Dr. John Emerson. n.d. Photograph. State Historical Society of Missouri. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because Dr. Emerson was Dred Scott’s owner until he died in 1843.
Weber, Harry. Dred Scott Monument. 8 Jun 2012. Photograph. Missouri State Archives. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because Dred’s Scott’s life was so important that it merited a monument in his name.
Unknown (1857, March 6). Scott Still a Slave. Unknown, pp. n.d.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because it shows how big of a deal Scott’s case was throughout the nation.
Unknown. Dred Scott Drawing. n.d. Photograph. PBS. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because it is one of the few drawings of Dred Scott that I could locate.
Unknown. St. Louis Courthouse. 1828. Photograph. Missouri Historical Society. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because this is where the Scott v. Emerson trial was held.
U.S. Government. United States Supreme Court Seal. 1789. Photograph. Library of Congress. 17 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because Scott’s third and final court case was appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Unknown. Dred Scott Case Cover Sheet. 6 March 1857. Photograph. Library of Congress. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because it was the original cover sheet that summarized the disposition of the case.
Unknown. Dred Scott’s Grave. 2007. Photograph. Wikipedia.org. 17 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because it is Scott’s gravestone and it marks an ending so I put it in the conclusion.
U.S. Mint. Dred Scott Penny. 1857. Photograph. U.S. Mint, Washington, D.C. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. The entire picture is relevant to my topic. The picture is important because a penny was created in honor of him.
Public Broadcasting Service. PBS. n.d. 8 January 2014.
This is a primary source. I used quotes from this source that were relevant to the Dred Scott decision. These quotes were important because they helped explain the feeling of the case.
Unknown. “Missouri's Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857.” Missouri State Archives. Web. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a primary source. I used quotes from this source that were relevant to the Dred Scott decision. These quotes were important because they were straight out of the Supreme Court’s opinion statement.
Secondary Sources:
Minnesota Historical Society. “Split in Two: The Dred Scott Decision – 1857”. Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 23 Oct. 2013. Web. 8 Jan. 2010.
This is a secondary source. The entire video was relevant because it talked about the Dred Scott decision the whole duration. I used information from this video because they had good, quality facts from a respectable source.
Public Broadcasting Service. PBS. n.d. 8 January 2014.
This is a secondary source. The whole essay about Scott was relevant to my topic. The facts I used from this source were important because they helped me thoroughly understand the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court Case.
Unknown. “Missouri's Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857.” Missouri State Archives. Web. 18 Feb 2014.
This is a secondary source. The section involving my court case was the most relevant to my topic. The information I used from this website was important because it provided correct facts and told me the story before and after the case.
Wikipedia Collaborators. ”Dred Scott v. Sanford.” Wikipedia. Wikipedia, n.d. Web. 17 Feb 2014.
This is a secondary source. The sections about the actual court cases were the most relevant. The facts I used from this source were important because they helped me thoroughly understand the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court Case.
Finkenbine, Roy. Dred Scott Decision Zach Czinder. 17 May 2014. E-mail.
This is a secondary source. Most of the questions of questions Professor Finkenbine answered were extremely helpful in truly understanding Scott's purpose in pursuing his freedom.