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19h 40min, mar 6, 1857 y - Dred Scott vs Sanford

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Delivered by Chief Justice Roger Taney, this opinion declared that slaves were not citizens of the United States and could not sue in Federal courts.

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19h 40min, mar 6, 1857 y
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~ 169 years ago

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