3-6-16 Why a Sane SCOTUS Matters in 2:00

[Omaha Steve]

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/march-6-2016-why-a-sane-scotus-matters/




March 6, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1857. That was the day the Supreme Court handed down one of its most infamous decisions. It was known as the Dred Scott case. Dred Scott had been born into slavery.

2:00 minute audio at link

[Kind of Blue]

1. Thanks for posting, Omaha Steve.

This is one SC decision that's always filled my heart with abject sorrow and this post has bugged me all day!, although I know the ramifications of it leading to the Civil War. But thanks, I decided to look up whether Dred Scott and his wife had any kids. They did! And I found out that he was freed by his last but original slavers though he only enjoyed freedom for a few years before he died.

Found this and tried to donate but evidently they've raised money enough to unveil a statue of Dred and Harriet Scott. Here is a heartwarming story of St. Louis kids' competition to raise money in a penny drive.

http://www.schooltube.com/embed/f5226763a1266bca99d9/

Great story of their great-great grand daughter, Lynne Jackson, who's president of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation http://www.bnd.com/living/magazine/article44838327.html

“He became quite famous after the decision because the country was in an uproar,” Jackson said. “He worked as a porter at the Barnum Hotel. People would make it a point to go meet the person who caused such a ruckus.”

She also found that Dred Scott’s grave was unmarked for 100 years after his death in 1858. At some point, it was moved to Calvary Cemetery and now has a headstone.

Harriet, who died in 1876, is buried in Greenwood Cemetery. She lived through the Civil War and got to see the abolition of slavery throughout America."

Read more here: http://www.bnd.com/living/magazine/article44838327.html#storylink=cpy

[Omaha Steve]

2. Thank you

I've had so many good comments when I've stopped by in AA.

I'm glad that one response in another post didn't keep me away after all. That post got me to read more about the slave trade: http://www1.american.edu/ted/slave.htm

There was some good discussion on that in GD: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027668554

I'm back in school all over again.

OS

[Kind of Blue]

3. I know! The more we know the more

we realize we don't even know enough! Always in school

[Digital Puppy]

4. Amen to that!

Thanks, Steve, for this post!