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Dred Scott is 'purchased'
1833 when Army surgeon Dr. John Emerson purchased Dred Scott, a slave, and moved him to a military base in Wisconsin. -
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Plessy vs Fergusun
The long road to equality and the weak argument that 'negro's' weren't afforded equal rights because they weren't natural born citizens -
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Plessy vs Fergusen
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Federal Court Decision
Taney writes that Scott is “a negro, whose ancestors were imported into this country and sold as slaves,” and, therefore, he is not a “member of the political community formed and brought into existence by the Constitution. -
Plessy vs Fergusun
March 6, 1857: ’Dred Scott’ Decision Disallows African-Americans’ Claim to Citizenship -
Equality!!
July 9, 1868: Fourteenth Amendment Grants Citizenship Rights to All Americans -
Plessy vs Fergusun
1896: ’Plessy v. Ferguson’ Case Establishes ‘Separate but Equal’ Doctrine in US Law
