Alma Adams tweeted the following:
"After the case reached the Supreme Court, seven of nine justices ruled that Black Americans had no claim to freedom or citizenship. The decision further inflamed tensions that led to the American Civil War."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Alma Adams:
"However, when he and his wife Harriett successfully sued for their freedom upon their return to St. Louis in the slave state of Missouri, state appellate courts and later federal courts denied his claim.#BlackHistoryMonth #SayBlack"Read on Twitter
"Dred Scott was born into slavery in Virginia in 1799. After he was sold to an Army doctor, he spent significant time in free states, like Illinois, where slavery was illegal. Scott and his supporters believed the significant time in free states had granted him his freedom."Read on Twitter
"On this day in 1856, the Supreme Court heard opening arguments in Dred Scott v. Sandford, a case universally regarded as first in any list of the worst Supreme Court decisions."#BlackHistoryMonth #SayBlack"Read on Twitter
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