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| Keywords: Cover Sheet Summarizing Disposition of the Dred Scott Case by the U.S. Supreme Court - NARA - 301673.tif Scope and content Chief Justice Roger B Taney read the majority opinion of the Court which stated that black people were not citizens of the United States and therefore could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts; the opinion also stated that Congress had no authority to ban slavery from a federal territory The decision was overturned by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution which abolish slavery and declare all persons born in the United States to be citizens General notes Exhibit History American Originals December 1996 - December 1997 National Archives Rotunda Washington DC Exhibit No 624 0120 301673 Local identifier Supreme Court of the United States 02/02/1790 - Archives I Reference Section Textual Archives Services Division NWCT1R National Archives Building 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20408 1857-03-06 Record group Record Group 267 Records of the Supreme Court of the United States 1772 - 2007 Record group ARC 594 Appellate Jurisdiction Case Files compiled 1792 - 2006 Series ARC 301668 File unit Dred Scott Plaintiff in Error v John F A Sandford 1846 - 1857 File unit ARC 561075 Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWCTB-267-PI139E21-3230 COVER <br /> NAIL Control Number NWDT1-267-PI139E21-3230 COVER <br /> Other Identifier 04572<br /> This is the NARA internal exhibit tracking number yes Other versions <gallery> File Cover_Sheet_Summarizing_Disposition_of_the_Dred_Scott_Case_by_the_U S _Supreme_Court_-_NARA_-_301673 tif tif File Cover_Sheet_Summarizing_Disposition_of_the_Dred_Scott_Case_by_the_U S _Supreme_Court_-_NARA_-_301673 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Dred Scott Civil rights Supreme Court of the United States cases NARA TIF images with categorized JPGs | ||||