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I love this Man..... Dred Scott

Dred Scott 

 (1799 – September 17, 1858), was an African-American slave in the United States who sued unsuccessfully for his freedom in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857. His case was based on the fact that although he and his wife Harriet Scott were slaves, he had lived with his master Dr. John Emerson in states and territories where slavery was illegal according to both state laws and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, including Illinois and Minnesota (which was then part of the Wisconsin Territory). The United States Supreme Court ruled seven to two against Scott, finding that neither he, nor any person of African ancestry, could claim citizenship in the United States, and therefore Scott could not bring suit in federal court under diversity of citizenship rules. Moreover, Scott's temporary residence outside Missouri did not bring about his emancipation under the Missouri Compromise, since that would improperly deprive Scott's owner of his legal property.


The case raised the issue of a slave who had lived in a free state. Congress had not asserted whether slaves were free if they set foot upon free soil. The ruling overturned the Missouri Compromise since by the court's logic, any attempt at regulating slavery in the federal Territories deprived a slave owner of his property without due process. This enraged the abolitionist Republicans and further exacerbated sectional sentiments that led to the Civil War.
Scott had traveled with his master Dr. John Emerson, who was in the US Army and often transferred. Scott's extended stay with his master in Illinois, a free state, gave him the legal standing to make a claim for freedom, as did his extended stay at Fort Snelling in the Wisconsin Territory (now Minnesota), where slavery was also prohibited. But Scott did not file a petition for freedom while living in the free lands—perhaps because he was unaware of his rights at the time, or because he was fearful of possible repercussions. After two years, the army transferred Emerson to territory where slavery was legal: first to St. Louis, Missouri, then to Louisiana. In just over a year, the recently married Emerson summoned his slave couple. Instead of staying in the free territory of Wisconsin (now Minnesota), or going to the free state of Illinois, the two traveled nearly 1,250 miles (2000 km)^{[citation needed]}, apparently unaccompanied, down the Mississippi River to meet their master. Only after Emerson's death in 1843, when Emerson's widow hired out Scott to an army captain, did Scott seek freedom for himself and his wife. First he offered to buy his freedom from Emerson's widow, Irene Emerson—then living in St. Louis—for US $300, about $7,000 in current value. After she refused his request, Scott sought freedom in the St. Louis Circuit Court.

Dred Scott Case

Decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case

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The Ordinance of 1787 and the Missouri Compromise Declared Unconstitutional

Washington, Friday, March 6 - The opinion of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case was delivered by Chief Justice Taney. It was a full and elaborate statement of the views of the Court. They have decided the following important points:

First - Negroes, whether slaves or free, that is, men of the African race, are not citizens of the United States by the Constitution.
Second - The Ordinance of 1787 had no independent constitutional force or legal effect subsequently to the adoption of the Constitution, and could not operate of itself to confer freedom or citizenship within the Northwest Territory on negroes not citizens by the Constitution.
Third - The provisions of the Act of 1820, commonly called the Missouri Compromise, in so far as it undertook to exclude negro slavery from, and communicate freedom and citizenship to, negroes in the northern part of the Louisiana cession, was a Legislative act exceeding the powers of Congress, and void, and of no legal effect to that end.

In deciding these main points, the Supreme Court determined the following incidental points:
First - The expression "territory and other property" of the Union, in the Constitution, applies "in terms" only to such territory as the Union possessed at the time of the adoption of the Constitution.
Second - The rights of citizens of the United States emigrating into any Federal territory, and the power of the Federal Government there depend on the general provisions of the Constitution, which defines in this, as in all other respects, the powers of Congress.
Third - As Congress does not possess power itself to make onsetments relative to the persons or property of citizens of the United States, in a Federal Territory, other than such as the Constitution confers, so it cannot constitutionally delegate any such powers to a Territorial Government, organized by it under the Constitution.
Fourth - The legal condition of a slave in the State of Missouri is not affected by the temporary sojourn of such slave in any other Sate, but on his return his condition still depends on the laws of Missouri.

As the plaintiff was not a citizen of Missouri, he, therefore, could not sue in the Courts of the United States. The suit must be dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

The delivery of this opinion occupied about three hours, and was listened to with profound attention by a crowded Court room. Among the auditors were gentlemen of eminent legal ability, and a due proportion of ladies.

Judge Nelson stated the merits of the case. The question was whether or not the removal of Scott from Missouri with his master to Illinois, with a view to temporary residence there, worked his emancipation. He maintained that the question depended wholly on the law of Missouri, and for that reason the judgment of the Court below should be affirmed.

Judge Catron believed the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to decide the merits of the case. He argued that Congress could not do directly what it could not do indirectly. If it could exclude one species of property, it could exclude another. With regard to the Territories ceded, Congress could govern them; and the Missouri act of 1820 violated the leading features of the Constitution, and was therefore void. He concurred with his brother Judges, that Scott is a slave, and was so when this suit was brought.
Several other Judges are to deliver their views tomorrow

We's Free... I declare We is Free!!

1-1-1863
A Proclamation by the President of the United States


That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all person held as slaves within any State, or any designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free;

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this Twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-seventh.

Abraham Lincoln.
By the President.
William H. Seward, Secretary of State.The War Still to be Prosecuted for the Restoration of the Union

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A Decree of Emancipation

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All Slaves in States in Rebellion on the First of January Next to be Free

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The Gradual Abolition and Colonization Schemes Adhered to

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Loyal Citizens to be Remunerated for Losses, Including Slaves

Last Day of the Month

Snnow's a comin

Nelson Mandella

Date of birth: July 18, 1918.   Profession: Peace activist, Law clerk, Security… Works written: Mandela, apartheid,  Awards won: Order of the Nile, Nobel Peace Prize,…Political party: African National Congress

25 years ago: The Challenger Explosion

Cape Canaveral, FL:    I was 32 years old:   I saw our first high-tech catastrophe to unfold on live TV.  Schoolchildren everywhere tuned in that morning to watch the launch of the first schoolteacher and ordinary citizen bound for space, Christa McAuliffe.   She never made it.  McAuliffe and six others on board perished as the cameras rolled, victims of stiff O-ring seals and feeble bureaucratic decisions.

It was, as one grief and trauma expert recalls, "the beginning of the age when the whole world knew what happened as it happened." 

I clipped the newspaper article.... so struck by tragedy:  I don't know if the paper if cracked, folder away in a paper box.

22nd North Arkansas Ancestor Fair, June 3, 2011 - June 4, 2011

22nd North Arkansas Ancestor Fair, June 3, 2011 - June 4, 2011
CONTACT:
Searcy County Historical Society
2333 N. East Oaks Drive
Fayetteville, AR 72703
Ph: (479) 442-3691
http://www.ancestorfair.us/
shirleysdream@windstream.net

22nd North Arkansas Ancestor Fair

Civil War Sesquicentennial

Marshall, Arkansas - June 3-4, 2011

Friday, June 3, 2011

SESSION I: Genealogical Help. VFW Museum, Marshall - $7.50

 

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a. m.: Finding Confederate AncestorsRussell P. Baker, Arkansas History Commission, Retired

11:00 a.m - 12:00 noon: Finding Union Ancestors
Russell P. Baker, Arkansas History Commission, Retired
(DNA surprise for some Searcy/Newton County families)

12:00 - 1 p.m.: Lunch break

SESSION II: Background for Civil War North Arkansas. VFW Museum, Marshall - $7.50

1:00 - 2:00 p. m.: Searcy County & North Arkansas January to October 1861: Recruiting for Dixie
James Johnston

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.: North Arkansas Peace Society and the Chain Gang: November 1861 to April 1862
James Johnston

There will be no cost for the 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. session
Chain Gang Seminar: Telling Your Chain Gang Stories

MIXER DINNER: Cost and site to be announced

Saturday, June 4, 2011

ANCESTOR FAIR: Civic Center, Zack Road, Marshall

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.: Providers set up
9:00 a. m. - 3:00 p.m.: ANCESTOR FAIR (Free)
Doors open for Genealogy Swap Meet
No pre-registration required, sign in for your table when you set up

April 30, 2011 EVENT Civil War, 2011-2015.

Old State House Museum
300 W. Markham
Little Rock, AR 72201
Ph: (501) 324-9685
http://www.oldstatehouse.com/
info@oldstatehouse.org

Join us at the Old State House Museum on Saturday, April 30, 2011 as Arkansas commemorates the kick-off celebration for the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War.
Visitors to the museum will see a special screening of the new AETN documentary about the Civil War; special documents on exhibit from the Arkansas History Commission, such as the 1861 Arkansas Constitution and the original secession document; and the first of five exhibits put on by the Old State House Museum about the Civil War, titled An Enduring Union.
Living historians will be present throughout the day! Visitors to this special event will see a reenactment of the May 6, 1861 final vote on secession, flag presentations by two local companies, and state and militia troops camped out on the lawn. Hands-on activities will be available.
Activities will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free!

April 23, 2011 EVENT Civil War, 2011-2015.

http://www.arkansascivilwar150.com/events/

The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission will sanction suitable events and activities throughout Arkansas during the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, 2011-2015.


Sesquicentennial at Fort Smith, April 23, 2011
CONTACT:
Fort Smith National Historic Site
301 Parker Avenue
Fort Smith, AR 72902
Ph: (479) 783-3961
http://www.nps.gov/fosm/index.htm

Kicking off the sesquicentennial at Fort Smith National Historic Site will be an event on April 23, 2011, dedicated to the day the fort fell under Arkansas state occupation. This event falls on the day that Company D and E of the First Cavalry under Union Captain Samuel Sturgis was led to safety by Delaware Indian scout Black Beaver after they abandoned Fort Smith in 1861. On the same day, Arkansas State Troops took control of an unoccupied fort.

150th Year Anniversary of 4-yr American Civil War

The new word of the day:   sesquicentennial anniversary!   Celebrations are being planned around the nation to commemorate the anniversary .. a great time to learn more about that time period! 

May I introduce myself and my audience to the book entitled “Everyday Life During the Civil War, A Guide for Writers, Students, and Historians” by Michael J. Varhola,  ISBN #1582973377.  Click her for book preview  peek inside this book on a website.

America by GOD's Design

January 15, 2011  ~  Martin Luther King Jr. has now been dead longer than he lived. But what an extraordinary life it was.


At 33, he was pressing the case of civil rights with President John Kennedy. At 34, he galvanized the nation with his "I Have a Dream" speech. At 35, he won the Nobel Peace Prize. At 39, he was assassinated, but he left a legacy of hope and inspiration that continues today.

This Web site, first created by The Seattle Times in 1996, contains the story of a remarkable man, images of a tumultuous time, and perspectives of politicians, academics, students and the many, ordinary citizens whose lives he touched. We invite you to explore it.  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/mlk/

My Granddaughter and President OBAMA

CHOOSING WORDS THAT HEAL.... NOT WOUND!

Planning to Join

an online art groups... to speak against the hate rhetoric and negative tones in American.   Reminding me of the volatile 60's - 70's  etc in my own "Black & Proud" time inmy life

Anticipating MLK Day 2011

"If we are to go forward, we must first go back..."


M.L. King, Jr.

A Mixed Culture Confederate Woman....

YEP... this is who I am.   For the first time... I looked at the Confederate Flag... and glimpsed into the life of my Great-Grandfather John Anderson....

Actually, I was browsing a friendly quilter website... she shared a quilt project for her brotherly.. a loving gesture and she quickly added an apology in case the flag symbol OFFENDED anyone!!!  And for the first time in my.. life I was not offended.... I actually identified with my past family history...

NOTE:::  a few days ago, I mailed off a request for the PENSION info in AR database for James Anderson....  good news hoepfully...

Letting the Pictures express my thoughts

Three or Two or TEA Political Parties.... !!!

Like I'm thinkin.... 
I'm living history.... and luvin it ! ! ! 

Change.... forwards or backwards ???

I am living in America.....   historical times.....