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Scott v. Stanford
Scott, a slave, was moved into Wisconsin, a slave free territory as a slave. He sued in court, and the court ruled that, first of all, slaves are not citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court -
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Reconstruction & Reconstruction Amendments
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Start of Jim Crow Era
A time where racism was normal, and racial segregation was legal -
Plessy v. Ferguson
In this case, Plessy refused to move out of the “white only compartment” of a bus. He was arrested and it was considered okay because you can have African Americans and Whites separate but equal (Constitutional).