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Who is Roger B. Taney?

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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.

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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.

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