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What did the Supreme Court say about African Americans in the Dred Scott Decision?
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∙ 13y ago
The dred Scott decision held that all African Americans, whether free or slave, were not citizens of the US, had no power to sue in court, and that the congress had no constitutional authority to end slavery.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y ago...that African Americans, slave or free, could never become citizens of the U.S.
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