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Dred Scott V Sandford

60 U.S. 393 · U.S. Supreme Court · Decided March 6, 1857

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March 6, 1857U.S. Supreme Court60 U.S. 393

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1857U.S. Supreme Court

Dred Scott V Sandford

60 U.S. 393

Summary

Held that persons of African descent could not be citizens; later repudiated by the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments.

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Citation
60 U.S. 393
Decided
1857-03-06

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