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What are 5 facts about Dred Scott?

Updated: 4/30/2024
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  1. Dred Scott was an African American man born into slavery in 1799.
  2. He unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in the landmark Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford in 1857.
  3. The Supreme Court's decision in the case declared that African Americans, whether slave or free, were not U.S. citizens and could not sue in federal court.
  4. The ruling further exacerbated tensions between the North and South leading up to the Civil War.
  5. Dred Scott died just a year after the Supreme Court decision, never gaining his freedom.
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