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Which 1857 US Supreme Court case stated slaves and descendants of slaves were not citizens?
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∙ 14y ago
Scott vs. Sanford, 60 US 343 (1857)
Dred Scott was a slave who had lived in free states. He believed that this made him a free man, even though he was still under the 'ownership' of his widowed master, Irene Emerson. He sued for his freedom.
The case went to the Supreme Court. Emerson handed the case to her brother, Sanford, who held her place in the court against Scott. The courts eventually ruled that Scott had no rights as a slave. He was not a citizen and could not sue in a court of law. The courts had no right to free him from Emerson, as Scott was her 'property', as stated in the 5th Amendment.
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In the Dred Scott decision, the Court held that people who had been slaves, or who descended from slaves, were not protected by the Constitution and could never be US citizens. Without citizenship status, African-Americans were denied access to the courts, and couldn't sue for their freedom, even if they had a contractual agreement granting them free status.
The Supreme Court also ruled that Congress had no right to prohibit slavery, nullifying the Missouri Compromise.
The Court's decision in this case was overturned by the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery.
* The name Sanford is misspelled as Sandford in US Reports
Case Citation:
Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 US 393 (1857)
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the dred scott decision stated that slaves are peoplealso and should'nt be property :D yurwelcomee
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