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Dred Scott Decision

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Dred Scott Decision
An 1857 US Supreme Court decision that held that US-born slaves had no constitutional rights
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44) Pierce in his final State of the Union Address (45) and Buchanan in his Inaugural Address, (46) endorsed, in advance, the forthcoming Dred Scott decision.
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The Supreme Court delivered the Dred Scott Decision, which declared that slaves could not be U.
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Ironically, Taney had manumitted most of his slaves and was opposed to slavery when he led the Court in the fateful Dred Scott decision of 1857.
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