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Bookmark or Share- The Human Factor of History: Dred Scott and Roger B. TaneyOn March 6, 1857, in the case of Dred Scott v. John Sanford, United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney ruled that African Americans were not and could not be citizens.
- Roger B. Taney - WikipediaRoger Brooke Taney (/ ˈ t ɔː n i /; March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the fifth chief justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. Taney delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v.
- Taney, Roger Brooke (1777–1864) - Encyclopedia.comRoger B. Taney, chief justice of the United States from 1836 until his death in 1864, profoundly shaped American constitutional development in cases dealing with states' regulatory powers, corporations, slavery, and the jurisdiction of federal courts.
- Roger B. Taney | Biography & Dred Scott Decision | BritannicaRoger B. Taney (born March 17, 1777, Calvert county, Maryland, U.S.—died October 12, 1864, Washington, D.C.) was the fifth chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, remembered principally for the Dred Scott decision (1857).
- Taney, Roger Brooke - Federalism in AmericaRoger Brooke Taney (1777–1864) was the fifth chief justice of the United States. Although he was one of our most intelligent and able jurists, he will always be remembered as the person who handed down one of the Court’s most infamous decisions.
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