The U.S. Supreme Court declared in the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford that Black people, whether free or enslaved, were not citizens, but “a separate class of persons.” This decision protected the institution of slavery, which defined enslaved people as property, and supported discriminatory laws that denied equal citizenship status to free Black people.
The citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment was specifically intended to repeal the Dred Scott decision.
The U.S. Supreme Court declared in the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford that Black people, whether free or enslaved, were not citizens, but “a separate class of persons.” This decision protected the institution of slavery, which defined enslaved people as property, and supported discriminatory laws that denied equal citizenship status to free Black people.
The citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment was specifically intended to repeal the Dred Scott decision.
People forget history. Luckily, I'm old enough to have benefitted from a good foundation in civics and US History.