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Quotation from Dred Scott v. Sandford by Supreme Court of the United States
“The question is simply this: Can a negro, whose ancestors were imported into this country, and sold as slaves, become a member of the political community formed and brought into existence by the Constitution of the United States, and as such become entitled to all the rights, and privileges, and immunities, guarantied by that instrument to the citizen?”
Dred Scott v. Sandford, Opinion of the Court (Taney, C.J.) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Taney states the citizenship question in the period's terms before answering it.
Citation: "The question is simply this: Can a negro, whose ancestors were imported into this country, and sold as slaves, become a member of the political community formed and brought into existence by the Constitution of the United States, and as such become entitled to all the rights, and privileges, and immunities, guarantied by that instrument to the citizen?" — Supreme Court of the United States, Dred Scott v. Sandford, Opinion of the Court (Taney, C.J.) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id dred-scott-v-sandford-q1)
Portrait: TANEY, Roger B-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait), The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Public domain.
