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Download or read book Redemption Songs written by Lea Vandervelde and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no more legendary case in American legal history than Dred Scott v. Sanford. An extraordinary example of a slave suing his master for freedom, it led to a devastating pro-slavery ruling by Chief Justice Roger Taney in the Supreme Court and helped precipitate the Civil War. With deep appreciation for the courage required for a slave to challenge a master in court, VanVelde reshapes our understanding of border-state slavery and the impact of the seemingly powerless on American law.