This week marked the 150th anniversary of the landmark Dred Scott Supreme Court decision (See this coming Monday's Points of View in Legal Times). Scott, a black slave in St. Louis, sued for his freedom in 1846. The case, which lingered in court for 11 years, ended in 1857 when then U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney ruled against Scott, declaring that African Americans, slaves or free, should not be considered citizens with constitutional rights. (See an earlier Legal Times blog posting on the 1857 decision) Scott's loss in the Supreme Court however, was a catalyst for later victories, including the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, which abolished slavery, granted blacks citizenship and the right to vote, respectively, according to an article published in The Clarion Ledger, which chronicles Scott's life and legal battle for freedom.
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