Cover Sheet Summarizing Disposition of the Dred Scott Case by the Supreme Court; Scope and content: Chief Justice Roger B. Taney read the majority opinion of the Court, which stated that black people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts; the opinion also stated that Congress had no authority to ban slavery from a federal territory. The decision was overturned by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution, which abolish slavery and declare all persons born in the United States to be citizens.
Cover Sheet Summarizing Disposition of the Dred Scott Case by the Supreme Court; Scope and content: Chief Justice Roger B. Taney read the majority opinion of the Court, which stated that black people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts; the opinion also stated that Congress had no authority to ban slavery from a federal territory. The decision was overturned by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution, which abolish slavery and declare all persons born in the United States to be citizens. General notes: Exhibit History: American Originals, December 1996 - December 1997, National Archives Rotunda, Washington, DC, Exhibit No.
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