Slaves were not freed simply by living in free states. Bounty hunters could return slaves to captivity from free states. The abolition movement turned more militant, and the divide eventually led to the Civil War.
The supreme court decided that once a slave always a slave (Tawney). Therefore, Dred Scott had no legal rights to sue and black people were never intended for citizenship. Also, they ruled the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. It is condemned in the North, and it angers John Brown to fight against the South, which is a huge reason for the start of the civil war.
Deeper divisions between the two sections - the South delighted because it meant slavery was legal everywhere, and the Abolitionists horrified for the same reason.
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
Southerners benefited the most from the Dred Scott Decision.
Stonewell Jackson thought Dred Scott Decision was a supid idea
Dred Scott is a slave and sued his slave owner that if his in the north his freed from slavery. dred scott decision is when they said the Dred is just a slave and they are not citizen had no rights to sue their slave owners. this led to continue the civil wars against the north and the south
the dred scott decision stated that slaves are peoplealso and should'nt be property :D yurwelcomee
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
The Dred Scott decision declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and ruled that slaves were property. The decision did not necessarily alarm most people in the North.
The Dred Scott decision electrified the the nation. chief justice Roger B. tanry said the Dred Scott was still a slave.
Which statement best describes the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision?
No
In the Supreme Court.
Scott was a slave and could not win suit.