Dred Scott V. Sandford Cases

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Ever since slavery was introduced to the New World, it had been an issue until after the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln. Even then, the freed slaves still had to work in the same plantation because they had nowhere else to go. The thirteenth Amendment finally abolished slavery and emancipated them. Before their freedom was achieved, the slaves could not integrate into the society because of many laws; however, they did not give up and tried other methods to survive in the United States.
The most prominent decision that was made in the Supreme Court on this issue was probably the Dred Scott v. Sandford case. Written by Chief Justice Roger Taney, it ruled that African Americans, whether free or slave, could not
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