Dred Scott (1799-1858), an enslaved man, ?
Dred Scott (1799-1858), an enslaved man, sued for his freedom when he was transported to a non-slave state. An 1857 Supreme Court decision ruled against him, declaring he, as a slave, possessed "no rights which any white man was bound to respect." The de
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