Chief Justice Roger Taney’s decision in the Dred Scott case included all of the following provisions EXCEPT
a. slaves were not citizens of the United States, and could not bring suit in court.
b. free blacks were not citizens of the United States, and had no rights which whites must respect.
c. the federal government could bar slavery from territories, but not from existing states.
d. the Missouri Compromise had been unconstitutional.
c. the federal government could bar slavery from territories, but not from existing states.
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