Treatise on Persons, People, and the Founding-Era Citizenry

Treatise on Persons, People, and the Founding-Era Citizenry

Jahlael Bey
Published on: 31/08/2026

A primary-source examination of Dred Scott, founding-era citizenship, and the historical status of free Black Americans—challenging modern claims about “persons,” “people,” and whether Black citizenship truly began with the Fourteenth Amendment.