During that time Taney led the Supreme Court, which declared slaves to be property.
Roger B. Taney became the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the early part of the 19th century. He had been President Andrew Jackson's Attorney General and was a Secretary of the Treasury. Critics say that his close friendship with President Jackson was the reason that Taney was nominated to be Chief Justice and this was confirmed by the Senate.
Yes he was NEW RESPONDENT No. He had freed all his slaves already in 1837.
No, Judge Roger Taney, gave the verdict of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott v. Sanford's case.
Because the north and the south did not like each other u guys should know that
Old age.
Roger B. Taney was not an abolitionist.
Roger B. Taney was born on 1777-03-17.
There was no "after the war" for Chief Justice Roger B. Taney; he died in October 1864.
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney
Roger B. Taney was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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1777
Yes, Roger Taney and Justice Roger Taney are the same person. Roger B. Taney served as the fifth Chief Justice of the United States, known for his controversial opinion in the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
Negroes have no rights, which the white man is bound to respectJustice Taney
he was chief justice
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