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Bookmark or Share- Dred Scott | Biography & Facts | BritannicaDred Scott (born c. 1799, Southampton county, Virginia, U.S.—died September 17, 1858, St. Louis, Missouri) African American slave at the centre of the U.S. Supreme Court’s pivotal Dred Scott decision of 1857 (Dred Scott v. John F.A. Sandford).
- Dred Scott v. Sandford - WikipediaDred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that held the U.S. Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent, and therefore they could not enjoy the rights and privileges the Constitution conferred upon American citizens.
- Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) | National ArchivesThe decision of Scott v. Sandford, considered by many legal scholars to be the worst ever rendered by the Supreme Court, was overturned by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution, which abolished slavery and declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens of the United States.
- Dred Scott - WikipediaDred Scott ( c. 1799 – September 17, 1858) was an enslaved African American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for the freedom of themselves and their two daughters, Eliza and Lizzie, in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott decision".
- Dred Scott Case - Decision, Definition & Impact | HISTORYThe Dred Scott case, also known as Dred Scott v. Sandford , was a decade-long fight for freedom by a Black enslaved man named Dred Scott. The case persisted through several courts and...
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