Dred Scott v. Sandford
March 6, 1857 · US Capitol, Washington, D.C.
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
US Supreme Court ruling that Black Americans could not be citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories. It deepened the crisis that led to the Civil War.
