"No Rights Which the White Man was Bound to Respect": The Dred Scott Decision
by Martin Magnusson, Editor-at-Large This month marks the 150th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s infamous Dred Scott v. Sanford case, in which an African American slave sued for his freedom. Dred Scott’s argument was that because he had been brought into free territories, he could not be returned to the bonds of slavery. Over the … Continue reading “No Rights Which the White Man was Bound to Respect”: The Dred Scott Decision
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