(()) What were the implications for enslaved people when the founding principle of citizenship as defined in the U. S. Constitution was clarified by the Dred Scott Supreme Court ruling to mean that slaves were not citizens?

F. It meant that enslaved people could be deported.

G. It meant that even free African Americans could be enslaved.

H. It meant that they had special civil rights and protections.

I. It meant that only free men were citizens.