...Independence... proceeds to say: "He hold these truths to be selfevident: that all men are created equal...." The general words above quoted would seem to embrace the whole human family, and if they were used 1n a similar instrument at this day, would be so understood. But It is too clear for dispute, that...

...after quoting from the Declaration, he says: "The general words above quoted would seem to include the whole human family, and if they were used in a...similar instrument at this day, would be so understood." In these the Chief Justice does not directly assert, but plainly assumes, as a fact, that the public...

...everywhere contradicted in the Constitotion. Judge Taney lays down this system of interpreting in mis wise: "The general words above quoted would seem to embrace...similar instrument at this day, would be so understood. Bur it is too clear for dispure that the enslaved African race were not intended to be included, and...

...pursuit of happiness," would seem to embrace the whole human family. . . . But it is too clear for dispute, that the enslaved African race were not intended to be included ... for if the language, as understood in that day, would embrace them, the conduct of the distinguished...

...certain unalienable rights"85): would seem to embrace the whole human family .... But it is too clear for dispute, that the enslaved African race were not intended to be included . . . ; for if the language, as understood in that day, would embrace them, the conduct of the distinguished...

...Declaration of Independence, and afterwards formed the Constitution of the United States It is too clear for dispute, that the enslaved African race were not intended to be included, and formed no part of, the people who framed and adopted the Declaration. . . . The only two provisions [of the...

...these rights, governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." The general words above quoted would seem to embrace...this day, would be so understood. But it is too clear for dispute, that the enslaved African race were not intended to be included, and formed no part of...

...created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,"1" Taney answered: The general words above quoted would seem to embrace...this day would be so understood. But it is too clear for dispute, that the enslaved African race were not intended to be included, and formed no part of...

...disagreed with Chief Justice Roger Taney of the Supreme Court when he declared in the Dred Seott decision that "the enslaved African race were not intended to be included, and formed no part of the people who framed and adopted" the Declaration of Independence. In Philadelphia in 1787,...

...human equality in the Declaration. The memorable passages with which the Declaration begins, he wrote, would seem to embrace the whole human family, and...this day, would be so understood. But it is too clear for dispute that the enslaved African race were not intended to be included, and formed no part of...