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African Americans: Equality & Law- Weapon or Tool?
Scott v. Sandford
See the textbook materials for more background information on this case and on what was happening in America at the time:
As you read the case remember that the issue the Court is dealing with here is whether Scott was entitled to file the lawsuit against Sandford. In other words, was Scott, as a slave or as the descendant of slaves, entitled to same rights that a citizen of the United States would be entitled?
Supreme Court of the United States
19 How. 393, 60 U.S. 393, 15 L. Ed. 691, 1856 U.S. LEXIS 472, SCDB 1856-061
1856-12
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