Described by Senator Charles Sumner as “more thoroughly abominable than anything of the kind in the history of court,” the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sanford, is one of the most controversial of all time. Discover how this famous Supreme Court decision impacted Black citizenship, energized the Republican Party, & moved the nation to Civil War.

Dr. Martha Jones, joined by Kelly Hancock, discuss the famous Supreme Court decision at The American Civil War Museum at Tredegar in Richmond, Virginia.

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