...inferior and degraded race, who " had no rights which the white man was bound to respect." They were " bought, and sold, and treated as an ordinary article of merchandise and traffic," among all nations, and nowhere more so than among the English and their American Colonies. " The general...

...altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations ; and so fur inferior, that they had no rights which the white...of merchandise and traffic, whenever a profit could bo made by it. This opinion was at that time fixed and universal in the civilized portion of the white...

...no rights which the white man was bound to respect ; and that the negro might justly and lawfully ye reduced to slavery for his benefit. He was bought...This opinion was at that time fixed and universal m the civilized portion of the white race. It was regarded as an axiom in morals as well as in wlitios,...

...Constitution been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with tbo white race, either in social or political relations;...and traffic, whenever a profit could be made by it. ',As relates to these States, it is too plain for argument, that they (the negroes) have never been...

...held and bought and sold as such," and that, at the time the Constitution was adopted, the negro was " treated as an ordinary article of merchandise and traffic, whenever a profit could be made by it." As such Chief Justice regards him. Dred Scott, the plaintiff in this case, a slave owned in Missouri...

...white race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior that t/iey had no right* which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro...profit could be made by it. This opinion was at that timo fixed and universal in the civilized portion of the- white race. It was regarded as an axiom in...

...reduced to slavery for his " (the white man's) " benefit. He •was bought and sold, and treated as an article of merchandise and traffic, whenever a profit could be made by it." Mr. Justice Daniel, in the same case, declares that a slave, under our law, " is strictly property,...

...reduced to slavery for his " (the white man's) " benefit. He was bought and sold, and treated as an article of merchandise and traffic, whenever a profit could be made by it." Mr. Justice Daniel, in the same case, declares that a slave, under our law, " is strictly property,...

...that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly arid lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit. He...made by it. This opinion was at that time fixed and universa. in the civilized portion of the white race. It was regarded as an axiom in morals as well...

...was framed and adopted. But the public history of every European nation displays it in a manner too plain to be mistaken. They had for more than a century...and traffic, whenever a profit could be made by it. " Quoting the provisions of several early slave codes, he continues : " They show that a perpetual...