Related Program: Your Maryland "Jacob Gruber" By Ric Cottom & Lisa Morgan • Mar 11, 2020 Related Program: Your Maryland ShareTweetEmail Roger B. Taney Credit Mike Goad / Flickr/Creative Commons Before he would be forever associated with the 1857 Dred Scott Supreme Court decision, Roger B. Taney defended outspoken Hagerstown abolitionist Jacob Gruber. Tags: WYPR FeaturesYour MarylandShareTweetEmail