Keywords: Judgment in the U.S. Supreme Court Case Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sandford - NARA - 301674.jpg Scope and content Chief Justice Roger B Taney read the majority opinion of the Court which stated that black people were not citizens of the United States and therefore could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts; the opinion also stated that Congress had no authority to ban slavery from a federal territory The decision was overturned by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution which abolish slavery and declare all persons born in the United States to be citizens General notes Exhibit History American Originals December 1996 - June 1997 National Archives Washington DC Exhibit No 624 0119 The Rights of All April 1987 - July 1987 Schomburg Center New York NY Exhibit No 1040 0005 301674 Local identifier Supreme Court of the United States 02/02/1790 - Archives I Reference Section Textual Archives Services Division NWCT1R National Archives Building 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20408 1857-03-06 Record group Record Group 267 Records of the Supreme Court of the United States 1772 - 2007 Record group ARC 594 Appellate Jurisdiction Case Files compiled 1792 - 2006 Series ARC 301668 File unit Dred Scott Plaintiff in Error v John F A Sandford 1846 - 1857 File unit ARC 561075 Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWCTB-267-PI139E21-3230 JUDGMENT <br /> NAIL Control Number NWDT1-267-PI139E21-3230 JUDGMENT Other versions <gallery> File Judgment_in_the_U S _Supreme_Court_Case_Dred_Scott_v _John_F _A _Sandford_-_NARA_-_301674 tif tif File Judgment_in_the_U S _Supreme_Court_Case_Dred_Scott_v _John_F _A _Sandford_-_NARA_-_301674 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Dred Scott 1857 Supreme Court of the United States cases |