Novice Topic List - Minnesota Historical Society

Dred Scott v. Sanford Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom. This 1856 Supreme Court decision said that anyone with African descent could not be a United States citizen. Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793. His invention allowed farmers to work faster and produce more cotton.

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