Sujet

Roger B. Taney, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Roger B. Taney, between 1855 and 1865. [Proslavery attorney, judge: Chief Justice of the United States. Delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), ruling that African Americans could not be considered US citizens, and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the US territories].

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22A75_312

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

68,0Mo (1,8Mo) / 36,7cm x 46,4cm / 4340 x 5475 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people male library man men country law guy location century judge lawyer lawyers B&W slavery Library of Congress attorney United States of America 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century American America USA chief justice photograph portrait united states Unknown Handy Mathew Brady Brady Congressional Library Heritage Art Mathew B Mathew B Brady Mathew B. Mathew B. Brady 19th-century Roger B. Taney Taney Roger B. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney Roger Brooke Taney Roger Brooke still image Brady-Handy Collection Mathew Mathew Benjamin Brady Levin Handy Levin Corbin Handy Levin C Handy Levin Corbin Levin C Levin C. Handy Levin C. Portrait photographs 1850-1870. gmgpc Glass negatives 1850-1870. gmgpc L.C. L.C. Handy proslavery