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Considering History: Minnesota’s Black History and America’s Defining Diversity
03 Feb 2026 03:29 GMT
… a person, Dred Scott would come to reflect slavery’s inescapably … constitution. She won her freedom, but an angry white … Godfrey fought for his freedom in a strikingly distinct … spearhead fights for countless civil rights issues, including women’s …
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Students confront St. Louis' slavery legacy as plaque is set to go up near Busch Stadium
23 Jan 2026 13:17 GMT
… purchased property once owned by Dred Scott’s enslavers, Peter and Henry … hand about the history of slavery and racial injustice. Their … said in a statement:
“From Dred Scott's chains that denied … dad's plea for freedom from the MLB reserve clause …
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Unique Westerners inspire HCN
01 Feb 2026 09:24 GMT
… the Dred Scott decision — where the Supreme Court decided that slaves had … citizens, nor even human, through slavery; the Civil War; the … grandmother who was born into slavery in the 1840s. ... So … citizens, nor even human, through slavery; the Civil War; the …
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Dred Scott ruling denied Black citizenship, fueled white supremacy
06 Nov 2025 11:09 GMT
… tensions over slavery, Dred Scott’s obscure “freedom suit” took … , effectively reversed Dred Scott by abolishing slavery (except as … Americans.
Fleeting freedom for Dred Scott
Soon after Dred Scott, descendants … Marshall, the great civil rights lawyer who in …
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Guest essay: Black Americans are in the Constitution
01 Feb 2026 02:33 GMT
… Maryland — were states where slavery remained legal. Enslaved Black people … given freedom by the Emancipation Proclamation. The abolition of slavery in … did not come with freedom. The absence of citizenship … spelled out in the Dred Scott case decided by the …
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Mystal Calls Judge Roberts 'Biggest Enemy' of Blacks Since Dred Scott
20 Oct 2025 02:57 GMT
… Supreme Court since the pro-slavery Dred Scott decision from the 1850s.
His … Roger Taney, who authored the Dred Scott decision.
He then took a … Roger Taney, who authored the Dred Scott decision.
Now, white media generally …
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JOHN L. KACHELMAN, JR.: Civil War 2 – The Gathering Storm
31 Jan 2026 17:11 GMT
… corrupted by the Elite (slavery and poor whites). Some … opposed. Increasingly proponents of slavery switched their rhetoric angering the … rights” were trashed. The Dred Scott decision was used by the … ’s position of anti-slavery and its insistence upon …
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Supreme Court’s racial profiling decision is Dred Scott all over again
18 Sep 2025 21:54 GMT
… they're working with slave catchers. (Original author: … racism!”
“Court-imposed apartheid!”
“Dred Scott reborn!”
All of the above … contemporary reflection.
In the Dred Scott case, to make a … and the 19th-century Dred Scott ruling.
The Roberts Court …
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America’s original sin: When compromise on morality led to Civil War | PennLive letters
30 Jan 2026 21:07 GMT
… North repeatedly compromised on freedom for Blacks for the stake … our 14th president, was pro slavery. In 1820, the Missouri … Compromise banned slavery north of Missouri’s southern … the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision, which said Blacks …
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Week of Jan. 31
30 Jan 2026 21:19 GMT
… Lehman for a presentation titled “Slavery in Minnesota and Its Ties … , including the impact of the Dred Scott case and St. Louis steamboat …