Decision Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“What actually occurred was that the Supreme Court issued its abominable opinion in Dred Scott v. Sanford in 1857, asserting that slaves were neither…

— John W. Dean

When you think about the abolition of slavery for example, for the ruling class with the rich white people owning plantations and states, and…

— Edward Snowden

If the states had to vote on slavery, we would have lost the vote.

— Jesse Jackson

In one point of view, we, the abolitionists and colored people, should meet [the Dred Scott] decision, unlooked for and monstrous as it appears,…

— Frederick Douglass

Even if the Constitution of the United States had intended to recognize slavery, as a constitutional state institution, such intended recognition would have failed…

— Lysander Spooner

Frederick Douglas's agenda was an agenda, not for black people to get out of slavery. It was for America to become a better democracy.…

— Cornel West

“But where Lincoln’s absent hand was felt most keenly was in race relations. Black codes were passed in state after state across the South—as…

— Jay Winik

“F.S. Nariman rightly found some similarity between the decision of the ADM Jabalpur and that of Dred Scott, rendered more than a century ago…

— Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly

From the standpoint of modern political science the slave holders were right in declaring that liberty can be given only to those who have…

— Charles Edward Merriam

“The great bulk of the legal voters of the South were men who owned no slaves; their homes were generally in the hills and…

— Ulysses S. Grant

“In February 1866, he testified before Congress to oppose suffrage for former slaves: “My own opinion is that, at this time, they cannot vote…

— Ron Chernow

“In 1866, Congress enforced the abolition of slavery by passing a Civil Rights Act, prohibiting actions that it deemed perpetuated the characteristics of slavery.…

— Richard Rothstein