Dred Scott, who was born a slave in Missouri ... citizens and they “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” The dissenting justices pointed out that in some states people ...

Dred Scott v. Sandford ... The opinion of the Court was, of course, written by Chief Justice Taney. For fervor of feeling, for sectional chauvinism, not even the McLean dissent that had sparked ...

the court is of opinion, that.... Dred Scott was not a citizen of Missouri within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States, and not entitled as such to sue in its courts; and ...

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 ...