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Roswell Martin Field

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Roswell Martin Field (February 2, 1807 – July 12, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician. He served on the Vermont House of Representatives. Field was one of the attorneys for the enslaved Dred and Harriet Scott and their daughters in 1853; as related to Dred Scott v. Sandford, where he argued for the rights of African-Americans to earn United States citizenship. He was from the prominent Field family of Vermont.

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Roswell Martin Field (February 2, 1807 – July 12, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician. He served on the Vermont...

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