Roger B. Taney, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown.

Roger B. Taney, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown.

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Roger B. Taney, between 1855 and 1865. [Proslavery attorney, judge: Chief Justice of the United States. Delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), ruling that African Americans could not be considered US citizens, and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the US territories].

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