Dred Scott vs. Sandford part 2

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 18 July 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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When Dred Scott v. Sandford was decided in 1857, the court decision ruled that enslaved Africans and their descendants weren’t and could never be citizens of the United States, whether they were free or not. But before that, Scott and his family had been free by a jury in 1850.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from How Stuff Works.com.
0:36.1	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:44.8	I'm Tracy B. Wilson, and I'm Holly Fry.
0:48.2	We are picking up today where we left off in the story of Dred Scott,
0:51.9	his wife Harriet and their daughters Eliza and Lizzie,
0:55.3	who were at the heart of one of the most notorious Supreme Court decisions of all time.
1:00.5	Last time we talked about Dred Scott and Harriet and how they met,
1:04.1	and what their lives were like before petitioning for their freedom
1:07.1	in a St. Louis Court in 1846.
1:09.9	Today, we are starting with what happened after the jury found them to be free in 1850.
1:17.2	This will probably make the most sense if you have listened to part one.
1:21.9	I mean, this is a narrative story.
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