Written by a slaveholder and joined by five other slaveholders, Dred Scott v. Sandford's reasoning is continuous with the consent theory that surfaced in enslaving states. It treats the denial of ...

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Previous Supreme Court cases, like Dred Scott v Sandford in 1857, had determined that African Americans could never be US citizens. The 14th Amendment overrode that. In 1898, the US Supreme Court ...

The Dred Scott v. Sandford decision, issued by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1857, ruled that Black Americans, whether free or enslaved, were not considered citizens and had no legal rights under the ...

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) has released new research on Dred and Harriet Scott, an enslaved couple who sued for their freedom. The Scott's case went to the Supreme Court in 1856 ...

A plaque remembers the history of the famous Dred Scott decision of 1857 outside the Old St. Louis Courthouse. Exhibits related to the Old St. Louis Courthouse construction are on display on ...