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mar 6, 1856 - Dred Scott Decision

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The Supreme Court rules in Scott v. Sandford that blacks are not U.S. citizens, but are property and slaveholders have the right to take existing slaves into free areas of the county, but does not allow the slaves to be free.

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mar 6, 1856
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~ 169 years ago

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