In March of 1857, the United States Supreme Court ... The case before the court was that of Dred Scott v. Sanford. Dred Scott, a slave who had lived in the free state of Illinois and the free ...
Dred Scott first went to trial ... jurisdiction to try the case and whether Scott was indeed a citizen. The decision of the court was read in March of 1857. Chief Justice Roger B.
Researchers found nearly 300 similar suits between 1814 and 1860, and more than a third of these people achieved their ...
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