It delighted the South, as it seemed to indicate that slavery could not be banned from any state of the Union.
For the same reason, it offended the North, and the Abolitionists in particular with its patronising remarks about blacks.
Because a slave who had been living for some years on free soil demanded his freedom - but not till he was back in slave country.
The local courts had never dealt with this situation, though their instincts were to refuse the application.
The slave fought his case all the way to the Supreme Court, which also refused the application - adding some highly reactionary comments which offended the Abolitionist lobby and generally raised the temperature of the slavery debate nationwide.
Dred Scott's master took him to free land. His master later then died. Scott though he should be freed, so he sued. One man said to him that he is not human and said doesn't deserve rights. This was decided and Scott never got his freedom.
(1857) There were 3 thing said that day that would chage the way people looked at slavery:
1 The court said that dread Scott had no right to sue because the framers of the Constitution (founding fathers) didn't intend for blacks to be treated like citizens.
2 congress had no right/authority to take away a person's property. (Slaves often thought of as property) An if slaves were property the federal government could not restrict the slave master from bringing an housing the on federal land that been off limits to slave owners.
3 the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional .
The Dred Scott became a case that after many years worked its way to the US Supreme Court. In 1857, the court handed down its decision on Dred Scott. The case came into being when years ago, Dred Scott's master died while Scott had accompanied him to a free state. Scott sued in order to keep his freedom and not be sent back to his former master's widow.
Scott was owned by a military Doctor Who moved from a southern slave state to a northern free state. Scott sued for his freedom under the theory that because he was in a free state he should be free. The Supreme Court found that he was property and it didn't matter where his owner lived. Property has no rights and can not have standing in court.
caused more tension between slaved and non-slaved states . it then lead to the civil war
he went to court to sue for his freedom but they said slaves didn't hav the right to sue their owners
7 for his return to slavery and 2 against.
The Dred Scott case effected the nation.It effect the nation by causing it to split the nation.
The origins of the Dred Scott case are due to the I.C.U.P organization
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The Dred Scott case effected the nation.It effect the nation by causing it to split the nation.
No, the 14th Amendment supersedes the Dred Scott decision.
Dred Scott v. Sandford : 1857 .
The slave's name was Dred Scott
The Dred Scott case was decided in 1857.
The Dred Scott case took about eleven years to be resolved. The case began in Missouri in 1846.
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The chief justice in the Dred Scott case was Roger B. Taney.
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