Dred Scott v. Sandford: A Slave's Case for Freedom and Citizenship
by Cromwell, Sharon
Series:Snapshots in History
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AR Book Level
7.4
AR Points
2
Word Count
10,127
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
128090 EN
About this book
A lawsuit filed in 1846 by Dred Scott, an African American slave, to gain freedom for himself and his family became a landmark legal case in U.S. history. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he was still a slave and not a U.S. citizen.