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Dred Scott v. Sandford: A Slave's Fight for Freedom | Janice Rogers Brown
6 minutes Posted Jun 9, 2025 at 9:00 am.
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It’s hard to believe now, but there was a time when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Black Americans could never be citizens. Janice Rogers Brown, former California Supreme Court Justice, explores Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)—the infamous Supreme Court decision on slavery and citizenship that is widely considered the lowest point in the Court’s history and a key factor leading to the American Civil War.

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