Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Dred Scott

" . . . We think they [people of African ancestry] are . . . not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word "citizens" in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States. . . ." — Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, speaking for the majority

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http://landmarkcases.org/en/landmark/cases/dred_scott_v_sandford


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