Base formerly used for the Taney Monument

ID: 1788 ~ Source: Baltimore Heritage ~ Creator: Eli Pousson ~ Date: 2017 August 16

This file appears in: Roger Brooke Taney Monument: Absent Statue of the Author of the Dred Scott Decision

This file appears in: Roger Brooke Taney Monument: Absent Statue of the Author of the Dred Scott Decision

Roger Brooke Taney Monument: Absent Statue of the Author of the Dred Scott Decision

By The Explore Baltimore Heritage team

The Roger Brooke Taney Monument is not explicitly a Confederate monument. However, Taney is most famous for his decision in the Dred Scott case, which advanced slavery in America and is tied to the…