March 6, 1857 The United States Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford. Commonly referred to as the “Dred Scott decision,” that people of African descent imported into the United States and enslaved, or their descendants, enslaved or free, were not protected by the Constitution and could never be citizens of the United States. […]
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Dred Scott v. Sandford – March 6th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on March 6, 2013 in African American History, Civil Rights, Law, March
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