Dred Scott, a slave who had lived in the free state ... Although disappointed, Frederick Douglass, found a bright side to the decision and announced, "my hopes were never brighter than now." ...

After the Supreme Court's decision, the former master's sons purchased Scott and his wife and set them free. Dred Scott died nine months later.

Roar shock. “This week Steve Schmidt related a story told to him by Bishop William Barber about a conversation between ...

You know, frankly, in a more hideous way you had that situation prior to the Civil War, in the Dred Scott decision. No, I'm not comparing the two Supreme Courts. What I'm saying is, the Dred Scott ...

The Dred Scott challenge isn't a difficult but rewarding game that ingenious scholars should have an interest in overcoming. It's an invitation to rewrite constitutional text and history in ...

The site of a historic court decision that fanned the flames of racial injustice leading up to the American Civil War has been restored for only the second time in its history. Renovations to the Old ...