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Dred Scott was a Virginia-born slave who sued for his freedom. Scott’s lawsuit would lead to the most infamous SCOTUS decision in history. In 1857, the justices ruled 7-2 that, as a Black man, Scott was not a citizen and had no legal claim to freedom. https://t.co/d07zaIn7I0 — PolitiTweet.org