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| Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom after being taken to free territories by his master. In 1857 the U.S. Supreme Court denied Scott’s petition for freedom and declared that African Americans could not claim U.S. citizenship. | ||||||
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| African American History; Dred Scott Case; Supreme Court of the United States; United States (History) | ||||||
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