The case before the court was that of Dred Scott v. Sanford ... found a bright side to the decision and announced, "my hopes were never brighter than now." For Douglass, the decision would ...

The Equal Justice Initiative has released new research into Dred and Harriet Scott, who were enslaved and sued for their freedom, which led to a historic Supreme Court decision that was only ...

After the Supreme Court's decision, the former master's sons purchased Scott and his wife and set them free. Dred Scott died nine months later.

The National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) has cited the infamous 1857 Dred Scott Supreme Court decision, which stated that enslaved people weren’t citizens, to argue that Vice ...