Because the verdict said that slavery was legal in every state of the Union.
Abolitionists were outraged by the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case, as it ruled that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, were not citizens and therefore did not have the right to sue in federal court. They saw this decision as a setback to the abolitionist movement and a reinforcement of the institution of slavery.
The Abolitionists - because the court's verdict meant that slavery could not be banned anywhere in the Union.
The origins of the Dred Scott case are due to the I.C.U.P organization
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The Dred Scott ruling did not move the country closer to ending slavery. It astonished the Abolitionists by invoking the original terms of the Constitution - that a man's property was sacred, and that slaves were property. It widened the division.
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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.
The slave's name was Dred Scott
Dred Scott v. Sandford : 1857 .
The Dred Scott case deepened divisions between abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates by declaring that African Americans, free or enslaved, were not U.S. citizens and had no rights under the Constitution. This decision fueled abolitionist sentiments and contributed to the growing tensions that eventually led to the Civil War.
The Dred Scott case was decided in 1857.