The Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court decision in 1857 is the document that stated that slaves were not citizens and had no legal rights.
The Obama document
The US Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case decision of 1857 contains the 50 pages opinion of Chief Justice Taney. In the document he states that Blacks cannot be citizens because they are Blacks and that slavery was constitutional. The latter was the fault of the Framers of the US Constitution who allowed it in order for the slave states to ratify the constitution.
The document freeing slaves in the states in rebellion.
men that weren't slaves.
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation.
I think you may be a little confused. The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves that were in areas that were- AT THAT TIME- in rebellion against the Union. Not the slaves rebelling, but the states or parts of states where slaves lived,
The Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court decision in 1857 declared that enslaved individuals, or those descended from enslaved individuals, were not considered citizens and therefore did not have the right to sue in federal court. This decision further exacerbated tensions between Northern and Southern states in the lead-up to the Civil War.
Northern states opposed it, Southern States were in favor. Finally they compromised, and agreed that 5 slaves would be counted as 3 citizens.
A defined territory, a central fortification (acropolis), a city, citizens, slaves.
"We the People" refers to all citizens of the United States. However, in 1789 slaves were not included in this statement.