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mar 18, 1857 - Dred Scott Decision

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slave in free state sues for freedom
Roger Taney - chief justice
African Americans not citizens - no right to sue in federal court
slaves = property and Congress did not have right to deprive property
Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional because it excluded slavery - a property right

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mar 18, 1857
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~ 169 years ago