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[JMadonna]

From my (somewhat limited) knowledge of history, Taney is correct in stating that at the time the U.S. Constitution was written, black people were generally regarded as inferior and undeserving of the basic rights afforded to whites. However, since the Founding Fathers deliberately made no reference to race when they wrote the Constitution, it cannot be inferred that they intended for black people to forever be denied citizenship.

At that time the constitution gave the states sole discretion over who could become citizens - not the Federal Government