Taney (TAW-nee), Roger B. (1777–1864) U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, wrote the majority opinion in the Dred Scott decision, stating that African Americans were not citizens and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
Roger B. Taney was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1836 to 1864. He is best known for delivering the majority opinion in the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford case, which declared that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be citizens of the United States and therefore had no rights under the Constitution. This decision exacerbated tensions leading up to the Civil War.
Roger B. Taney died on 1864-10-12.
During that time Taney led the Supreme Court, which declared slaves to be property.
Roger B. Taney became the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the early part of the 19th century. He had been President Andrew Jackson's Attorney General and was a Secretary of the Treasury. Critics say that his close friendship with President Jackson was the reason that Taney was nominated to be Chief Justice and this was confirmed by the Senate.
Yes he was NEW RESPONDENT No. He had freed all his slaves already in 1837.
No, Judge Roger Taney, gave the verdict of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott v. Sanford's case.
Roger B. Taney was not an abolitionist.
Roger B. Taney was born on 1777-03-17.
Roger B. Taney died on 1864-10-12.
There was no "after the war" for Chief Justice Roger B. Taney; he died in October 1864.
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney
Roger B. Taney was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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