Not exactly dazzling.
If he had wanted his freedom, he had his chance to apply for it when his master took him to live on free soil in Wisconsin, where it would have been granted automatically.
For some reason, he didn't apply for it until he was back in slave country, and the local judges had never dealt with this kind of retro-application. That is why it reached the Supreme Court, whose ruling scandalised Northern abolitionists as much as it delighted Southern slave-owners, and drove the two sides even further apart than they had been.
The Dred Scott case is cited as one of the causes of the Civil War, and I don't think Scott should be given much credit for anything.
he accomplish his freedom and his family's freedom.
free slaves and more
Dred Scott "Key"
No, Dred Scott is not single.
His case was unsound to begin with. He would have gained his freedom automatically, if he had applied for it while living on free soil. But he didn't apply for it until he was back in slave country. That was why the case reached the Supreme Court.
Dred Scott lost
Dred Scott was in the Union.
Dred Scott "Key"
dred scotts master was dr. john Emerson
i have no clue
Couldn't have had many... seeing as it he was a slave
eating food and picking up blows and getting laid in the corner
yes it did
dred scott attempted to leave the state he lived in which was a slave state and moved to a free slave so he can be "free" but slave is property and cannot be free ,
Historians estimate Dred Scott was born in Virginia around 1799. Unfortunately, due to the conditions of slavery, there are no known records identifying Scott's birth parents, or any information regarding his early life.
Dred Scott Was not Freed Because of the severe Racism and discrimination against slaves. Most slave owners did their best to make slaves miserable. this was not in scotts case though. He was also not freed because the chief justice that oversaw scotts hearing was Proslavery which completley put out scotts chances of being freed. Taney Decreed that the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional, Scott was to stay a slave, Scott was not a U.S. citizen, and he could not sue BECAUSE he wasn't a U.S. citizen.
Army surgeon Dr. John Emerson owned Scott. He died before the Dred Scott case was over. His widow appealed the case after his death which ended up in the Supreme Court which decided the Scott should not be freed.
the dred scott case consists of great signifigance for many reasons. basically what happened was dred scotts master had said "once i die, you are all free" and so, once dred's master had passed on, he left the plantion thinking that he was now a free man. However, someone had found him, and turned him over to a judge as a a run away slave. Dred had explained to the judge what had happened, and that he was not breaking any laws, for he was now a free man. Dred demanded for rights. however, the judge had told him, "you are a slave. you have no rights" thus, he was forced back into slavery. so, the signifigance of this case is basically, that because of discrimination, a man who should have been free and who had served his sentance as a slave, was forced back into slavery all because of the color of his skin.
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