How does the ruling in the Dred Scott case affect African Americans in 1857?

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Arianna Garrett

31 August, 00:14

How does the ruling in the Dred Scott case affect African Americans in 1857?

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Damon Mathis · Answer 1

Sandford, legal case in which the U. S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857, ruled (7-2) that a slave (Dred Scott) who had resided in a free state and territory (where slavery was prohibited) was not thereby entitled to his freedom; that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States