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10. Dred Scott v. Sanford – 1857 (4/10 points).

The end result of this case held that African Americans, free or enslaved, could not be US citizens. A slave, Dred Scott, sued for his own freedom and lost. Obviously, the hard laws determined by this case were eventually overruled.

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