It said that the Constitution protected a man's property, and slaves were property. So slavery was legal in every state of the Union.
It also said that a black man could not be a citizen of the United States, and had no business suing a white man.
Dred Scott
Dred Scott
Dred Scott
In Dred Scott, the U.S. Supreme Court held that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court.
The ruling in the Dred Scott case allowed slave owners to take their slaves with them into the Western territories of the United States.
Dred Scott
Dred Scott was a slave and he tried to get his freedom by going to court and talk it out but he failed
The Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sanford did not decide if Dred Scott was a slave or not, but that slaves (and their descendants) could not be counted as US citizens and had no right to sue in court.
Dred Scott v. Sandford : 1857 .
The slave's name was Dred Scott
Dred Scott
Which statement best describes the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision?
he sued the supreme court
In the Supreme Court.
That Scott had no right to argue in court
missouri, and the supreme court
The Supreme Court declared Scott was a free man