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apr 1, 1857 - Dred Scott Case

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Dred Scott was an enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife, Harriet, and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott decision".

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apr 1, 1857
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~ 169 years ago