HISTORIC ARTICLE
HISTORIC ARTICLE
Mar 6, 1857 CE: Dred Scott Decision
Mar 6, 1857 CE: Dred Scott Decision
On March 6, 1857, the United States Supreme Court decided for the defendant (enslaver) in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, ruling that African Americans could not be citizens of the U.S. and that the federal government had no authority to regulate slavery.
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