USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In March of 1857, the United States Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, declared that all blacks–slaves as well as free–were not and could never become citizens of the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -Taney, in full Roger Brooke Taney, (born March 17, 1777, Calvert county, Maryland, U.S.-died October 12, 1864, Washington, D.C.), fifth chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, remembered principally for the Dred Scott decision (1857). He was the first Roman Catholic to serve on the Supreme Court.

Detailed explanation-3: -Missouri’s Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857. In its 1857 decision that stunned the nation, the United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.

Detailed explanation-4: -On March 6, 1857, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney of the U.S. Supreme Court shared the majority opinion in the ruling of Dred Scott v. John Sandford. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts.

Detailed explanation-5: -Jackson nominated Taney to replace Gabriel Duvall on the Supreme Court in 1835 but, afraid of his seemingly radical views, the senate rejected him again. Jackson successfully nominated him again 10 months later to succeed Chief Justice John Marshall.