The National Era Vol. XI No. 536

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Issue #545 (April 9, 1857) of the weekly newspaper The National Era with reporting on the Dred Scott decision. The newspaper consists of four pages of eight columns each. The coverage of the Dred Scott case is on page 4, columns 1-5 with a continuation of [THE CASE OF DRED SCOTT. / OPINION OF MR. JUSTICE CURTIS, / DELIVERED / In the Supreme Court of the United States, at / Washington, March 7, 1857]. The rest of the issue contains reporting on Congress, politics, the Kansas border war, general news, international affairs, markets, books, classifieds, and obituaries.

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