...previous to the adoption of the declaration of independence negroes, whether slaves or free, had been regarded as " beings of an inferior order, and altogether...inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect;" that consequently each persons were not included among the " people" in the...

...persons were incapable of enjoying this privilege. " Such persons," he said, " had been regarded as unfit to associate with the white race, either in...relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights whirh the white man was bound to respect, and that t/it negro might justly and lawfully be reduced...

...tribunal ; and, in opposition to all previous expositions of constitutional law, it was then declared that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit ; that there was no difference between a slave and any other kind of property ; and that a slaveholder...

...previous to the adoption of the declaration of independence negroes, whether slaves or free, had been regarded as " beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the wbit« race either in social or political relations : at-i so far inferior that they had no rights...

...formed and adopted," stated, as a historical fact, that, " They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether...and so far inferior that they had no rights which a white man was bound to respect." The court did not say whether that regarding was correct or incorrect;...

...themselves). But, worse Etill, Chief Justice Taney asserted that free negroes " had no rights which the white man was bound to respect, and that the negro...and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit; that- this opinion was at that time (of the adoption of the Constutition) fixed and universal in the...

...made, and which it was intended to express, and which is therefore binding on us, regarded negroes " as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit...and so far inferior, that they had no rights which a white man was bound to respect, and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery...

...made, and which it was intended to express, and which is therefore binding on us, regarded negroes " as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit...relations ; and so far inferior, that they had no rights lohich a white man was bound to respect, and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to...

...displays it, in a manner too plain to be mistaken. " They had, for more than a century hefore, been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether...social or political relations; and so far inferior that t/iey had no right* which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully...

...Constitution did not recognize them as citizens. He said : " They had for more than a century been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether...unfit to associate with the white race, either in moral or political relations • and so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was...