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Home  »  Volume XVII: American LATER NATIONAL LITERATURE: PART II  »  § 11. The Dred Scott Decision

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21). rn VOLUME XVII. Later National Literature, Part II.

XXI. Political Writing Since 1850

§ 11. The Dred Scott Decision

Finally, the Dred Scott case brought the slavery issue to a climax, for in that decision it was evident that the Supreme Court was pro-slavery. Shortly followed the Lincoln-Douglas debates, in which Lincoln pointed out the antithesis between popular sovereignty and the Dred Scott decision. Thereafter his leadership in the West was unquestioned.