Question

What is Taney’s claim in this passage?

that African American people were covered by the Constitution’s definition of citizen
that emancipated African American people had rights guaranteed by the government
that African American people were not part of the group considered citizens by the Constitution
that African American people would have to get the government's permission to be citizens

Answer 1

Answer: African Americans had the same right to claim their feedoms as everyone else, especially since the government had it in written documentation.