30 dic 1857 anni - 1857: Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott, a southern slave, attempts
to sue for his freedom and
takes it to the Supreme Court.
The verdict decided that no slave nor
person of color is a legal citizen,
therefore Scott could not sue for freedom.
This outraged many Americans
and drove them to join the abolitionist
cause, arguably a and it pushed the United
States towards Civil War, arguably a success for the movement.