1h 8min, jul 20, 1857 y - 1857 Dred Scott V. Sanford
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Dred Scott was a slave that attempted to sue for his freedom from his owners wife after his death. This however failed and he was not granted his freedom because the Supreme Court ruled that Scott was not a human being, but a piece of property. Civil War Trust (2017) ¨The classification of slaves as mere property made the federal government's authority to regulate the institution much more ambiguous.¨Added to timeline:
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1h 8min, jul 20, 1857 y
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~ 168 years ago