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The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in defendant John Sanford's favor, returning Dred Scott and his family to slavery. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney delivered the Opinion of the Court.
Parties
John Sanford (alleged "owner" of Dred Scott; misspelled as Sandford in court records)
Other Important Individuals
Eliza Irene Sanford (Chaffee) (widow of Dr. Emerson and probable real "owner" of Dred Scott
Dr. Calvin Chaffee (Irene Sanford's second husband; abolitionist and member of Congress, arranged "ownership" of Scott transferred to Taylor Blow for manumission)
Taylor Blow (Son of Dred Scott's original "owner," who provided financial support for Scott's legal case(s) and freed Scott after the case)
Attorneys
Montgomery Blair, Alexander Field and David Hall (for Dred Scott)
Reverdy Johnson, Henry S. Geyer, and Hugh Garland (for John Sanford)
Supreme Court Majority
Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice
James Wayne
John Catron
Peter V. Daniel
Samuel Nelson
Robert Grier
John Campbell
Supreme Court Dissenting
John McLean
Benjamin R. Curtis
Dred Scott was a slave of a U.S. Army surgeon, John Emerson of Missouri, a state that permitted slavery. In 1834, Scott went with Emerson to live in Illinois, which prohibited slavery. They later lived in the Wisconsin Territory, which slavery was forbidden by the Missouri Compromise. In 1838, Scott returned to Missouri with Emerson. Emerson died there in 1843, and three years later Scott sued the surgeon's wife for his freedom.
Scott based his lawsuit on the argument that his former residence in a free state and a free territory-Illinois and Wisconsin-made him a free man. A circuit court ruled in Scott's favor, but the Missouri Supreme Court later reversed the decision. Meanwhile, Scott had become legally regarded as the property of John F.A. Sanford (spelled Sandford in the U.S. Supreme Court records) of New York. At the conclusion of the Supreme Court case, the Blow family, who originally sold Scott to Dr. Emerson, purchased him from Emerson's widow and had him legally emancipated (manumission).
Case Citation:
Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 US 393 (1857)
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What is dred Scotts nickname?
Dred Scott "Key"
Who was Dred Scott's Master?
dred scotts master was dr. john Emerson
How did dred scotts wife die?
i have no clue
What SCOTUS case involved a slave?
Dred Scott vs.Sanford
What were dred scotts hobbies?
Couldn't have had many... seeing as it he was a slave
What are dred scotts hobbies?
eating food and picking up blows and getting laid in the corner
Why wasn't Dred Scott free?
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.
Did The South became known as the Cotton Kingdom mainly because of Dred Scotts invention of the cotton gin?
yes it did
How did the bitter political climate of the day affect dred scotts chances of winning his case?
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.
When was the turning point in dred Scotts life?
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 ,
What were the origins of the Dred Scott case?
The origins of the Dred Scott case are due to the I.C.U.P organization
What case determined that African American slaves were not citizens?
dred scott...a+
