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What Dred Scott Decided, and How the Constitution Answered

The Court held in 1857 that descendants of enslaved people were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in a territory. Two amendments answered it.

Etalia.ai
Sep 12, 2025
4 min read
SCOTUS, Civil Rights, AI-Rewritten, AI-Model-claude-opus-5-5

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