The Supreme Court ruled that Black people descended from enslaved Africans could not be citizens under the federal Constitution and that Congress could not bar slavery in federal territories. The ruling privileged slaveholders’ property claims and deepened the national crisis. Black activists and abolitionists condemned the decision and continued to demand freedom and citizenship.
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Dred Scott affirmed Black citizenship under the federal Constitution.
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The Court denied federal citizenship to Black people of African descent.