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What was the legal reasoning behind the ruling from Dred Scott v Sanford?
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∙ 7y ago
To decide the question of whether a slave who had spent some time on free soil (where he could automatically have claimed his freedom) could apply for it when he was back in slave country.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 7y agoThe legal reasoning behind the ruling was that African Americans were not and could never be citizens. And, they had no judicial rights in US courts.
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What was the ruling in the Scott v Sanford court case?
That the slave Scott could not have his freedom, because the Founding Fathers had declared that a man's property was sacred, and the Chief Justice reckoned that they would have included slaves in their definition of property.
Who took the Scott vs Sanford case to court?
Dred Scott
What supreme court ruling said that blacks could not become citizens of the US?
Dred Scott v. Sandford,* 60 US 393 (1857)*Sandford is misspelled in the court documents; the respondent's real last name was Sanford.
What are facts about the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision?
Which statement best describes the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision?
What was the supreme courts ruling in Dred Scott V. Sanford?
The Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, were not considered United States citizens and therefore could not file lawsuits in federal court. The court also declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and asserted that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in U.S. territories.
What was Dred Scott's daughters names?
Sherly hatton and Jerome Scott the jr. girl
When was Sanford Faulkner born?
Sanford Faulkner was born on March 3, 1806, in Scott County, Kentucky, USA.
When did dred Scott v Sanford started?
When Scott's master died and left him as property in his will to his wife's family.
Why was there so much tension in the Dred Scott vs Sanford case?
did you answer it
The case that helped precipitate the Civil War was?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
The court case that addressed the issue of slavery?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Which event could be placed in the second slotThe Compromise of 1850 was passed.The Dred Scott v. Sanford decision.The Missouri Compromise was passed.The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed?
The Dred Scott v. Sanford decision.
