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Part of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Scott v. Sandford stated that

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free African Americans had the same rights as other US citizens.

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In Dred Scott v. Sandford (argued 1856 -- decided 1857), the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court.
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