Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case was finally brought before the United States Supreme Court.

Dred Scott v. Sandford reached the high tribunal ... on that ground.) As soon as news of the decision was announced, the nation was rocked from top to bottom. One of the protestants, though ...

The 1857 Dred Scott v Sandford decision came after Dred ... The Independent is the world’s most free-thinking news brand, ...

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 territory of Wisconsin before moving back to the slave ...

There seem to be three camps of people in this country when it comes to reliving U.S. history: Those on the side of embracing our history — even when it’s discriminatory — remembering and ...

The 14th Amendment overturned the 1857 decision that denied citizenship to Black people. Scholars say President Trump’s proposal betrays that history. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington ...

In the first—but surely not the last—court order temporarily blocking President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, Reagan-appointed Judge John Coughenour said he could ...

You know, frankly, in a more hideous way you had that situation prior to the Civil War, in the Dred Scott decision. No, I'm not comparing the two Supreme Courts. What I'm saying is, the Dred Scott ...