Montgomery Blair, co-founder of the GOP, defended Dred Scott at the Supreme Court
Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I highlight Republican opposition to slavery. February 11th 1857, Montgomery Blair presented an argument at the Supreme Court in defense of a slave. Dred Scott, he claimed, should be considered emancipated after residing in free territory. Blair had co-founded the GOP. He went on to be Postmaster General in the Abraham Lincoln administration. Lamentably, all seven Democrat Justices ruled, not only was Dred Scott still a slave, but that African-Americans could not be citizens. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the future of theirs. For more information, see www.grandoldpartisan.com . Here is a YouTube Video about this article. Here is a TikTok Video about this artic...