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jan 15, 1857 - Dred scott

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ruled that African Americans were not people but rather property and that they don’t have the same rights of Americans citizens. This ruling angered the north leading to the civil war which later influenced Jim crow laws

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jan 15, 1857
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~ 169 years ago