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Not Even Past: Dred Scott Reprise

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Jul 20, 202300:35:24History

Dred Scott v. Sandford is one of the most infamous cases in Supreme Court history: in 1857, an enslaved person named Dred Scott filed a suit for his freedom and lost. In his decision, Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney wro...

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Not Even Past: Dred Scott Reprise is an episode from More Perfect by WNYC Studios. Dred Scott v. Sandford is one of the most infamous cases in Supreme Court history: in 1857, an enslaved person named Dred Scott filed a suit for his freedom...

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