In the year of 1857, there was a U.S. Supreme Court case that states all black people, whether slave or free, could never become citizens of the United States. The case of Dred Scott v. Sanford was led by Dred Scott, who was a slave. He tried to hold a case against the Supreme Court to win his freedom. Roger B. Taney, who was a supporter of slavery, told the courts that Scott had no rights to sue because he was black.
Parts of this case are related to the Salem Witch Trials because when Proctor went against the courts saying they had no evidence to convict anyone there of witchcraft, Reverend Parris came back at him and said that they were doing God's work and the people being convicted were witches because if they weren't they would have been set free.
