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Who was the chief justice of the supreme court when the dred scott decision was handed down?

Who was the chief justice of the supreme court when the dred scott decision was handed down?
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Who was the chief justice of the supreme court when the dred scott decision was handed down?

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Dred Scott case.

In March of 1857, the United States Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, declared that all blacks -- slaves as well as free -- were not and could never become citizens of the United States.

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