The site of a historic court decision that fanned the flames of racial injustice leading up to the American Civil War has been restored for only the second time in its history.  Renovations to the Old ...

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 ...

The decision of the court was read in March of 1857. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney -- a staunch supporter of slavery -- wrote the "majority opinion" for the court. It stated that because Scott was ...

Researchers found nearly 300 similar suits between 1814 and 1860, and more than a third of these people achieved their ...