Dred 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...

daughters, Eliza and Lizzie, in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott decision". The Scotts claimed that they should be...

the attorneys for the enslaved Dred and Harriet Scott and their daughters in 1853; as related to Dred Scott v. Sandford, where he argued for the rights...

century. As one of two Northern members of the majority in the Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) decision, Grier concurred that African Americans were not...

petitioned a federal court for his freedom. His petition was denied in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857). In his opinion, Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney...

they reside." The Amendment overrode the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) that denied U.S. citizenship to African Americans, whether...

Supreme Court decision Dred Scott v. Sandford in 1857. On April 6, 1846, attorney Francis B. Murdoch had initiated Harriet v. Irene Emerson in the Circuit...

fugitive slave case of Prigg v. Pennsylvania and one of two justices to dissent in the landmark case of Dred Scott v. Sandford. McLean served on the court...

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of Dred Scott v. Sandford held that all Americans of African descent were not legally citizens, and therefore could not file suit. Thus Mr. Scott, a slave...

seen in the court arguments of the 1857 court case Dred Scott v. Sandford, whether the slave Dred Scott could be a citizen with rights, including the right...

was willing to increase dominion in the courts. The court case of Dred Scott v. Sandford was argued in front of the United States Supreme Court, and was...

Dred Scott (c. 1799–1858) was an American slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom. Dred Scott may also refer to: Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857 Supreme...

prohibited. This ruling was cited as precedent in 1856 in the famous Dred Scott v. Sandford case before the Supreme Court of the United States. Rachel's was...

the two dissenters in the Supreme Court's infamous 1857 decision Dred Scott v. Sandford. Curtis resigned from the Supreme Court in 1857 to return to private...

slavery. The ruling was cited as precedent to the 1856 landmark Dred Scott v. Sandford case heard by the US Supreme Court. Supreme Court Justice John McLean...

until his death in 1864. Taney delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), ruling that African Americans could not be considered U...

State wherein they reside. This clause reversed a portion of the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision, which had declared that African Americans were not and...

Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics (2001). Dred Scott v. Sandford Michael Vorenberg, ed., The Emancipation Proclamation: A Brief History...

States citizenship. In 1857, the United States Supreme Court held in Dred Scott v. Sandford that slaves, former slaves, and their descendants were not eligible...

University Press. The book explores the infamous U.S. Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford of 1857, which ruled that the U.S. Congress could not regulate slavery...

Resources (DNCR) Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, the second novel from American author Harriet Beecher Stowe Dred Scott v. Sandford, an 1857 landmark...

years of his life he was involved with the landmark court case of Dred Scott v. Sandford [sic], which is perhaps what he is best known for today. He suffered...

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for five years after treaty ratification.[citation needed] In the Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) decision, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Roger B. Taney...

1865. Catron supported slavery and sided with the majority in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case (exchanging letters with president-elect James Buchanan in...

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the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the Supreme Court's 1857 decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford. From the election of 1856, the Republican Party had replaced the...

election. In the first election since the Supreme Court decided Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Republican Party won a plurality in the House, taking control...

expand perceived fundamental rights, particularly in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) and Lochner v. New York (1905). Roberts stated that no prior decision...