Dred Scott Decision

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:court_cases
gptkbp:aftermath Scott was eventually freed
gptkbp:case_number 60 U. S. (19 How.) 393
gptkbp:case_outcome gptkb:Majority_opinion
gptkbp:consequences Led to the 14th Amendment
Declared that African Americans could not be citizens
Invalidated the Missouri Compromise
gptkbp:date March 6, 1857
gptkbp:decided_by gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissenting_opinion gptkb:Justice_Benjamin_R._Curtis
Argued for citizenship rights
gptkbp:effect_on_public_opinion Increased abolitionist sentiment
gptkbp:historical_context Pre-Civil War America
gptkbp:historical_significance Set the stage for the Civil Rights Movement
Catalyst for the abolition movement
Influenced the Republican Party's platform
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dred Scott Decision
gptkbp:impact_on_judicial_system Highlighted limitations of the Supreme Court
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Missouri_Compromise_of_1820
gptkb:Constitution_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:involved_parties gptkb:Dred_Scott
gptkb:John_Emerson
gptkbp:is_cited_in gptkb:Loving_v._Virginia
gptkb:Plessy_v._Ferguson
gptkb:Obergefell_v._Hodges
gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkb:Shelby_County_v._Holder
gptkbp:legal_outcome Reinforced the institution of slavery
Created legal precedent for racial discrimination
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Judicial_review
gptkb:Constitution
Civil rights
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:outcome Scott was denied freedom
gptkbp:precedent Subsequent civil rights cases
gptkbp:public_perception Chief Justice Roger B. Taney
gptkbp:public_reaction Support from pro-slavery advocates
Widespread outrage among abolitionists
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850
gptkb:Civil_War
gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act_of_1854
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
Formation of the Republican Party
gptkbp:related_to Slavery in the United States
gptkbp:significance Contributed to the Civil War
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Civil_Wars
gptkb:29th_United_States_Congress
gptkb:34th_United_States_Congress
gptkb:Civil_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4