Dred Scott Case

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legal_case
gptkbp:area constitutional law
gptkbp:case_number 60 U. S. (19 How.) 393
gptkbp:community_impact influenced public opinion on slavery
sparked abolitionist movements
gptkbp:consequences contributed to the Civil War
prompted legal reforms
led to the abolition of slavery
gptkbp:decided_by gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
March 6, 1857
gptkbp:dissenting_opinion Justice Curtis dissented
Justice Mc Lean dissented
gptkbp:historical_context pre-Civil War America
gptkbp:historical_significance landmark case in U. S. history
catalyst for change in civil rights
example of legal racism
symbol of judicial failure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dred Scott Case
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Dred_Scott
gptkb:John_Emerson
gptkbp:is_cited_in gptkb:Loving_v._Virginia
gptkb:Plessy_v._Ferguson
gptkb:Obergefell_v._Hodges
gptkb:Shelley_v._Kraemer
gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkbp:is_countered_by gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:14th_Amendment
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Joseph_Story
gptkb:Justice_Benjamin_R._Curtis
gptkb:Justice_John_Mc_Lean
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney
gptkbp:legal_outcome Scott remained enslaved
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:outcome Scott was denied freedom
gptkbp:precedent established that African Americans could not be citizens
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Lincoln-Douglas_debates
gptkb:Fugitive_Slave_Act
Formation of the Republican Party
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Missouri_Compromise
African American history
judicial review
slavery in the United States
gptkbp:significance increased tensions over slavery
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Missouri
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4