Though declared a piece of property by the US Supreme Court, Dred Scott insisted on telling his own story, on speaking freely. That was his freedom, and he didn’t require a court to help him find it.
Speak Right On explores the story of Dred Scott and the history of slavery that has changed our cultural landscape.
From the eastern coast of Virginia to the farthest reaches of the US frontier, from house slave to the field hand to surgeon’s assistant, from boy to ma...
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Praise for the First Edition i
Foreword xv
Prologue 1
1 Upriver, Downriver 7
2 Warrior Women 9
3 Middle Passage 15
4 Totem 25
5 Slavery’s Child 35
6 In the Big Hous...
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Lynne M. Jackson is the great-great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott, and she is the founder of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation.