The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics
The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics is a 1978 nonfiction book by the American historian Don E. Fehrenbacher, published by Oxford University Press. The book explores the infamous U.S. Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford in 1857, which ruled that the U.S. Congress could not regulate slavery in the territories.
In 1979, The Dred Scott Case was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History.
