That was in 1857, when the slavery debate was already overheating after the failure of the 1850 Compromise and the violent intimidation of voters in 'Bleeding Kansas'.
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.
the dred scott decision stated that slaves are peoplealso and should'nt be property :D yurwelcomee
The Dred Scott case was a decision by the United States Supreme Court in 1857. It ruled that people of African descent imported into the United States and held as slaves, or their descendants - whether or not they were slaves - were not protected by the Constitution and could never be citizens of the United States.
1.) Slaves are not citizens and can't sue. 2.) Slaves are property. 3.) Slavery should be legal everywhere. It left the decision to allow slavery or not, up to the territories This would have tipped the scales of representation in favor of the pro-slavery South.
well the slaves had to clear the lands, work the soil and build the towns that is in the north
It originated the concept that former slaves, or descendants of slaves, could never be citizens and therefore couldn't bring cases before the court.
The decision made slaves property and said they didn't have rights of citizens, so no matter where they lived they were still property.
In 1857, the Dred Scott vs Sanford case came before the US Supreme Court. Part of the decision in that case was that Blacks were not citizens and therefore could not bring a lawsuit to any court.
The US Supreme Court decision on the Dred Scott case affirmed that slaves were property. The court also ruled that Blacks could never be US Citizens. It took several Constitutional amendments to ensure that Blacks and other minorities had the same rights as white people. The 13th amendment abolished slavery totally.
The dred scott decision
The Dred Scott decision
True. Slaves were property and not citizens, so they had no civil rights. The Supreme Court ruling in the Dred Scot decision affirmed this concept of slaves as property.
The decision codified slavery and stated that slaves were not citizens, but property. These things made it important and set the stage for the civil war.
they though they were not good enough and they were just their servants and not citizens
The US Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case decision of 1857 contains the 50 pages opinion of Chief Justice Taney. In the document he states that Blacks cannot be citizens because they are Blacks and that slavery was constitutional. The latter was the fault of the Framers of the US Constitution who allowed it in order for the slave states to ratify the constitution.
The US Supreme Court was an important decision. Here are some facts about this: A. The Court confirmed that Dred Scott was not a citizen; B. The Court confirmed that slavery was not illegal; C. The Court confirmed that freed slaves were not citizens nor could they be; and D. It was a blow to the anti slavery abolitionist movement.
The Dred Scott case, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1857, ruled that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, were not considered citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court. This decision intensified tensions between the North and South over the issue of slavery and further fueled the growing divide that eventually led to the Civil War.