Who was Dred Scott?
Dred scott was an African American enslaved who tried to sue his owner in order to obtain the liberty, for the fact that he was married to a free woman and that he lived for some years in free states. In his famous court case, the Supreme Court stated that he couldn't suit for the fact that no one with African ancestry had the U.S. citizenship.
Tags: Civil War, freedom, Slavery
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott
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Author: CoboCards-User
Main topic: History, US
Topic: American Civil War
Published: 04.03.2015
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