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In his decision on the Dred Scott Case, Justice Robert B. Taney believed *

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African American people were equals under the law and should receive all rights given by the Constituion

African American people were of an inferior race and were designed by God to be slaves and thus Dred Scott could never be free

Slavery was a mistake created by the Constitution and it should be abolished

Dred Scott could maintain his rights as an American if he lives in a free state, but not a slave state

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Answer: African American people were of an inferior race and were designed by God to be slaves and thus Dred Scott could never be free.

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In his decision on the Dred Scott Case, Justice Robert B. Taney believed that the African American people were of an inferior race and were designed by God to be slaves and thus Dred Scott could never be free.

According to Roger B. Taney, African Americans were not citizens of the United States and he said that "all men are equal" doesn't pertain to the blacks.

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