Roswell Field

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Roswell Field was a 19th-century American lawyer best known for his involvement in the Dred Scott case, which became a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on slavery and citizenship.

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instanceOf American lawyer ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
activeYears mid-19th century ⓘ
associatedWith U.S. Supreme Court decision on slavery and citizenship ⓘ
burialPlace Bellefontaine Cemetery ⓘ
child Eugene Field ⓘ
Roswell Martin Field Jr. ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1807-02-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1869-07-12 ⓘ
educatedAt Middlebury College ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Field ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil rights law ⓘ
law ⓘ
slavery-related litigation ⓘ
givenName Roswell ⓘ
hasRelative Eugene Field ⓘ
Frances Maria Reed ⓘ
Roswell Martin Field Jr. ⓘ
influenced American constitutional law on citizenship ⓘ
influencedBy legal debates over slavery in the United States ⓘ
knownFor involvement in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legalStrategy argued that residence in free territories made Dred Scott free ⓘ
memberOf Missouri bar ⓘ
middleName Martin ⓘ
name Roswell Martin Field ⓘ
notableCase Dred Scott v. Sandford ⓘ
notableFor challenging the legal status of slavery through the courts ⓘ
notableWork legal representation related to the Dred Scott case ⓘ
occupation attorney ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Woodstock, Vermont ⓘ
placeOfDeath St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
politicalContext pre–American Civil War United States ⓘ
practicedLawIn St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
religion Unitarian ⓘ
represented Dred Scott ⓘ
residence St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
roleInDredScottCase filed federal suit on behalf of Dred Scott ⓘ
helped move the case from Missouri state courts to federal courts ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Frances Maria Reed ⓘ

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