2 ore 38 min, 7 apr 1846 anni - Dred Scott v Sandford

Descrizione:

Dred Scott was the slave of a doctor in Missouri
they move to Wisconsin and Dred Scott realizes he's in a free state
doctor dies and ownership goes to wife
Scott tries to purchase freedom but is denied so he sues for freedom for him and wife and daughter born in Wisconsin
supreme court ruling:
1) Black Americans are not citizens
2) Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional
3) Dred Scott was not free

* showed that no state was truly slave free