{"id":525,"date":"2022-11-10T02:17:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T02:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/?page_id=525"},"modified":"2025-11-24T19:07:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:07:22","slug":"dred-and-harriet-scott-case","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/dred-and-harriet-scott-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Dred and Harriet Scott Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>[Slavery] is a blot on our national character, and every real lover of freedom, confidently hopes that it will be effectually, though it must be gradually, wiped away; and earnestly looks for the means, by which this necessary object may best be attained. \u2013Quoted in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2025\/01\/Huebner-article.pdf\">Timothy S. Huebner article, JAH June 2010<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Dickinson &amp; Slavery<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-07-at-8.09.59-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4636\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-07-at-8.09.59-PM-1024x664.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-07-at-8.09.59-PM-1024x664.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-07-at-8.09.59-PM-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-07-at-8.09.59-PM-768x498.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-07-at-8.09.59-PM-1536x997.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-07-at-8.09.59-PM-2048x1329.png 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-07-at-8.09.59-PM-462x300.png 462w\" alt=\"Scott marker\" width=\"940\" height=\"610\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J0OW18pIo8c\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Featured Exhibit \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/exhibit\/SgKyzZUJr6g0JA\">Dred Scott Decision and Its Bitter Legacy (Google Arts)<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Freedom Suit Quilt<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/VanderVelde-Freedom-Suit-Image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1441 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/VanderVelde-Freedom-Suit-Image.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/VanderVelde-Freedom-Suit-Image.jpg 733w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/civilwar\/files\/2012\/09\/VanderVelde-Freedom-Suit-Image-300x288.jpg 300w\" alt=\"VanderVelde Freedom Suit Image\" width=\"733\" height=\"704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1441\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Lea VanderVelde<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Slavery] is a blot on our national character, and every real lover of freedom, confidently hopes that it will be effectually, though it must be gradually, wiped away; and earnestly looks for the means, by which this necessary object may &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/dred-and-harriet-scott-case\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-525","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":868,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/525\/revisions\/868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}