ON 6 MARCH 1857, the US Supreme Court delivered Dred Scott v Sandford 60 US 393 (1857).
https://supreme.justia.com/us/60/393/case.html
The US Supreme Court ruled that slaves African ancestry were not citizens under the US Constitution.
The decision caused outrage and was a significant event leading up to the election of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
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