Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)

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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Dred_Scott_decision
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:60_U.S._(19_How.)_393
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	1857
gptkbp:decision	majority
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:John_F._A._Sandford
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Benjamin_R._Curtis gptkb:John_McLean
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Dred_Scott_v._Sandford
gptkbp:heldBy	African Americans could not be American citizens Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
gptkbp:impact	increased tensions leading to the American Civil War
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:legalSubject	gptkb:citizenship gptkb:Missouri_Compromise slavery
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Roger_B._Taney
gptkbp:overruledBy	gptkb:Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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