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In 1846, slave Dred Scott sued his master, Irene Emerson, for the freedom of himself and his family. Tragically, the Supreme Court ruled that Scott was still a slave and that Africans in the United States could never be US citizens. While the South was alright with this decision, Northern Republicans were outraged. It only served to fuel the fire that eventually lead to emancipation.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 6y agoFierce controversy because the Supreme Court's ruling (that slaves were property, and therefore protected by the Constitution) appeared to mean that no state could declare itself to be free soil.
It also suggested that a black man was not the sort of person who ought to be suing a white man, and this infuriated the Abolitionist lobby.
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∙ 11y agoThe Abolitionists were outraged. But most Northerners were not Abolitionists, so their reaction was just exasperation that the two sections were being driven further apart, and the country was drifting to war.
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∙ 11y agothe south didnt like him to wanting him to being a free man
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∙ 13y agoit was a slave sueing for his freedom and lost. the aboltionist in north were shocked and it also said Congress can not ban slavery in teritorys
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∙ 11y agoThey were angry at the decision -glencoebookshahaha
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How did white northerners react to the Dread Scott Decision?
They didn't really care until Uncle Tom's Cabin can out, making much more people take action.
What were the challenges posed to white Southerners white Northerners and African Americans by the outcome of the Dred Scott Decision?
White Southerners were delighted - it meant that slavery was legal in every state of the Union. Those white Northerners who were Abolitionists were horrified, on account of the same verdict. Other white Northerners were simply alarmed that it was driving the two sides further apart, and bringing war closer. African-Americans were, of course, not being consulted much. Some of them may have wondered why Scott did not claim his freedom earlier, when it would have been granted automatically.
A major implication of the Dred Scott decision was that?
The Dred Scott decision held that black people were not citizens and did not have standing to sue in federal court. It also held that blacks were only 3/5 of a white person.
Why did some white Americans especially in the deep south react negatively towards the decision of brown v the board of education?
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Why did some white Americans especially in the deep South react negatively towards the decision of Brown v. the Board of Education?
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What was favored by white southerners but opposed northerners?
slavery
Why did the Dred Scott decision strengthen Northern suspicions about a slave power conspiracy?
Chief Justice Rodger B. Taney's ruling in The Dred Scott case stated that slaves could not legally claim violation of his constitutional rights because he has none because slaves were not considered citizens of the United States. Furthermore, he stated that Blacks were an inferior race and had "...no rights to which the white man was bound to respect." Because the Dred Scott decision was such a racist pro-southern one, this caused many Northerners to believe that the courts were corrupt and therefor lacked the power to serve justice. The US Supreme Court decision, by itself however, did not point to a slave power conspiracy. And it should be noted that the general uproar was generated by Northern abolitionists, not the ordinary Northern citizen.
When did Scott White die?
Scott White died on 2011-10-21.
When was Scott White born?
Scott White was born on 1970-06-08.
How tall is Scott Everett White?
Scott Everett White is 5' 9".
When was Albert Scott White born?
Albert Scott White was born in 1855.
How did the white southerners react to the dred Scott decision?
This was taking place during the same time that the Missouri Compromise was taking place. If a slave was taken from a Missouri, a slave state, into Kansas, a free state there was the question of whether or not the slave was now considered a free man. That is why Missouri and Kansas were originally entered into the Union as one, to prevent either the North or the South from having an advantage over the other. There were supposed to an equal amount of both northern and southern states in the Union, both slave states and free states. These were the sentiments that people, chiefly white southerners were having during the time that Dred Scott decision was taking place. They were worried that the Northern states in the Union had more of an advantage in the Union even after the Missouri Compromise, when new boundaries were set between free and slave states. So, after the Dred Scott decision that upheld the law "once a slace, always a slave," I believe white southerners were overjoyed with this decision, and determined to do more to secure their place in the Union, and ensure that their ideas became laws.
