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His decision tells it all. He saw Scott as property and not human.
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Who was the Chief Justice who presided at the trial of Dred Scott the slave who sued the government for his freedom?
Roger Taney
What role did roger b. taney play in determining whether or not slaves could sue in the courts?
Taney led the U.S. Supreme Court as Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision.
Was a slave who sued the government for his freedom?
Dred Scott
Who was the known slave that sued for his freedom in the case Dred Scott vs Sandford?
The name of the slave that sued for his freedom in the Dred Scott vs Sandford case, was Dred Scott. He tried unsuccessfully to sue for the freedom of himself, his wife and their two daughters.
Why did dred Scott claim he was no longer enslaved?
Scott argued he was a free man because he lived where slavery was illegal. He wasn't a free man for two reasons. One, Scott has no right to sue a federal government court because African Americans were not citizens. Two, Taney, said; merely living in free territory did not make an enslaved person free.
Who ruled on the Dred Scott decision?
Roger B. Taney
Who ruled that dred Scott was property and not entitled to freedom?
Roger Taney
Chief justice who decided the dred scott case?
Roger B. Taney
What was the name of the chief justice in the decision dred Scott case?
Roger Taney
Who was the judge at the dred Scott decision?
Roger Taney - ironically a one-tme abolitionist.
Who was the Chief Justice during the Dred Scott v Sanford decision?
Roger Taney
What was the difference between dred Scott and a mule?
According to Chief Justice Roger Taney's ruling on the Dred Scott case. Nothing is the answer. Dred Scott is just as much property as a mule.
Did roger taney write the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
No, Judge Roger Taney, gave the verdict of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott v. Sanford's case.
Roger B. Taney?
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when Dred Scott decision was made
Who was the chief justice who declared in the dred scott decision that african americans were not citizens?
Roger Taney
Who ruled in the case of Dred Scott v Sanford 1857?
The Chief Justice, Roger Taney.
Was the chief justice who presided at the trial of Fred Scott the slave who sued the government for his freedom?
I think you meant "Dred" Scott, not "Fred" Scott. And the answer was Chief Justice Roger Taney.
