Question

Supreme Court justice roger B. Taney grew up as

Answer 1

Supreme Court justice roger B. Taney grew up as the son of a slaveholding family.

Explanation:

• "Roger Brooke Taney" had held this office from 1836 till his death in the year 1864 as the 4th "Chief Justice" of the "Supreme Court". He was known for having delivered the "majority opinion" in the famous "Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)", where he had held that "African Americans" should not be recognized as "citizens" & that "Congress" cannot ban slavery in US territories,
• Taney served as the US "Attorney General" & US "Secretary of the Treasury" in "President Andrew Jackson's period prior to joining the "Supreme Court". Taney was born in Calvert County, Maryland into a wealthy, "slave-owning family".

Answer 2

Answer:

Taney grew up as the son of a slaveholding family. Taney served as the US "Attorney General" & US "Secretary of the Treasury" in "President Andrew Jackson's period prior to joining the "Supreme Court". ... Taney was born in Calvert County, Maryland into a wealthy, "slave-owning family".

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