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Definition of Roger brooke taney
1. Noun. United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864).
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Literary usage of Roger brooke taney
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Maryland Historical Magazine by Maryland Historical Society (1909)
"LETTERS OF ANDREW JACKSON TO roger brooke taney.1 March 12th 1833 Dr. Sir Since
my interview with you to-day, I have carefully looked into the charter of ..."
2. The Old Guard: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Principles of 1776 and 1787 by Charles Chauncey Burr, Thomas Dunn English (1864)
"... roger brooke taney. WE present our readers this month with a very excellent
portrait of Roger В. ..."
3. Baltimore: Past and Present : with Biographical Sketches of Its by Brantz Mayer (1871)
"roger brooke taney was born on the seventeenth day of March, in the year seventeen
hundred and seventy-seven, in Calvert county, Maryland. ..."
4. American History Told by Contemporaries by Albert Bushnell Hart (1901)
"Dred Scott Decision (1857) BY CHIEF JUSTICE roger brooke taney Taney succeeded
Marshall ... Memoir of roger brooke taney. — Bibliography as in No. 41 above. ..."
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