Dred Scott Decision

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:awardedBy 13th Amendment
14th Amendment
gptkbp:caseTypes 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393
gptkbp:citedBy Legal textbooks
Political discourse
Historical analyses
Civil rights literature
Supreme_Court_opinions
gptkbp:date March 6, 1857
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
gptkbp:historical_analysis Legacy of the decision
Interpretation_of_the_Constitution
Impact_on_American_law
gptkbp:historicalContext Pre-Civil War America
gptkbp:historicalImpact gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Catalyst for legal changes regarding race
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dred Scott Decision
gptkbp:impact Increased_tensions_leading_to_Civil_War
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Constitution_of_the_United_States
Public opinion on slavery
State laws regarding slavery
gptkbp:internationalClassification Support from pro-slavery advocates
Widespread outrage among abolitionists
gptkbp:involved gptkb:John_F._A._Sanford
gptkb:Dred_Scott
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Benjamin_R._Curtis
gptkb:Justice_John_McLean
Chief_Justice_Roger_B._Taney
gptkbp:legalStatus Constitutional interpretation of citizenship
Doctrine of 'once free, always free'
Denied_rights_to_African_Americans
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:outcome Slaves are property
Scott_was_not_a_citizen
gptkbp:precedent gptkb:Plessy_v._Ferguson
gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
Civil Rights cases
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Missouri_Compromise
gptkb:Slavery_in_the_United_States
Constitutional law
Human rights
Judicial review
Fugitive Slave Act
American_history