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To: CondorFlight
Actually, Dread Scott was never overturned by any court. It was rendered moot by the 13th Amendment.
11 posted on 01/18/2006 7:49:57 PM PST by curiosity
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To: curiosity

"Actually, Dread Scott was never overturned by any court. It was rendered moot by the 13th Amendment."

Which amendment was arguably never ratified, since the southern states were out of the union at the time, and not counted in the 3/4 total needed for ratification.


13 posted on 01/18/2006 7:53:22 PM PST by CondorFlight
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