Landmark Cases

Supreme Court Landmark Case [Dred Scott v. Sandford]

10.13.2015 - By C-SPANPlay

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C-SPAN's 2015 Landmark Cases series: Guests talk about the 1857 Supreme Court case [Dred Scott v. Sandford], in which the Court declared that Dred Scott and other blacks could not be citizens of the U.S., and that Congress lacked the authority to prohibit slavery in the territories.

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