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 ...

The case before the court was that of Dred Scott v. Sanford. Dred Scott ... northern aggression -- wrote in the Court's majority opinion that, because Scott was black, he was not a citizen ...

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 ...

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 ...