https://padlet.com/21kdgibbs/zwpuvectd0sv Made with joy en-us 2018-11-09 17:39:16 UTC 2018-11-13 18:03:15 UTC hello@padlet.com 21kdgibbs https://padlet.com/21kdgibbs/zwpuvectd0sv/wish/302685866 John Sandford was the defendant in the case.
The plaintiff in the case was Dred Scott.
He claims that his 4 year stay in the northern portion of the Louisiana Territory made free land by the Missouri compromise had made him free.]]> 2018-11-09 17:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/21kdgibbs/zwpuvectd0sv/wish/302685866 21kdgibbs https://padlet.com/21kdgibbs/zwpuvectd0sv/wish/303885297 Dred Scott was an enslaved African American who had lived for a while in illinois and in the Wisconsin Territory, both of which banned slavery. 
The case was originated in 1856.
The was decided by the supreme court on march 6,1857.
The court decided that slaves were not citizen.]]> 2018-11-13 17:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/21kdgibbs/zwpuvectd0sv/wish/303885297 21kdgibbs https://padlet.com/21kdgibbs/zwpuvectd0sv/wish/303905791 In the opinion authored by Chief Justice Roger Taney,it was found that Negroes could not be citizens of the U.S.
Negroes could not be United States citizens and therefore could not bring suits to the Supreme Court.



]]> 2018-11-13 17:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/21kdgibbs/zwpuvectd0sv/wish/303905791 21kdgibbs https://padlet.com/21kdgibbs/zwpuvectd0sv/wish/303912889 Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens .
The court decision was a landmark because Negroes were not allowed to be citizens.]]> 2018-11-13 17:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/21kdgibbs/zwpuvectd0sv/wish/303912889