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Dred Scott v. Sandford decision
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https://gptkb.org/entity/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford_decision
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Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation
gptkb:60_U.S._(19_How.)_393
gptkbp:date
1857-03-06
gptkbp:defendant
gptkb:John_F._A._Sandford
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
gptkb:John_McLean
gptkb:Benjamin_Robbins_Curtis
gptkbp:effect
Increased tensions leading to the American Civil War
gptkbp:fullName
gptkb:Dred_Scott_v._John_F._A._Sandford
gptkbp:heldBy
African Americans could not be American citizens
Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Dred Scott v. Sandford decision
gptkbp:judge
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
gptkb:Roger_B._Taney
gptkbp:overruledBy
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:plaintiff
gptkb:Dred_Scott
gptkbp:predecessor
debates on citizenship and civil rights
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Missouri_Compromise
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:subject
gptkb:citizenship
gptkb:constitutional_law
slavery
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Roger_B._Taney
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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