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they said that he was a piece of property and could not sue for his freedom
The Abolitionists, because it could allow the creation of new slave states.
the compromise of 1850
Thomas Dewey.
because they dissagread
It upset them because the ruling basically made stated that Congress could not outlaw slavery anywhere because slaves where property of the slave owner, and therefore protected by the 5th amendment.
It appeared to mean that slavery was legal in all states of the Union. It also upset the Abolitionists by declaring that a black man could not be a citizen of the United States, and could not sue a white man.
The North was upset because the decision declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. - Novanet
The North was upset because the decision declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. - Novanet
The North was upset because the decision declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. - Novanet
The Abolitionists - because the court's verdict meant that slavery could not be banned anywhere in the Union.
The North was upset because the decision declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. - Novanet
they said that he was a piece of property and could not sue for his freedom
The North was upset because the decision declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. - Novanet
Abolitionists were upset about the Fugitive Slave Act because it required citizens to assist in capturing and returning escaped slaves, denying them the right to a fair trial. This further entrenched the institution of slavery and undermined the efforts of abolitionists to help enslaved individuals escape to freedom.
It appeared to mean that slavery was legal in every state of the Union, so that all the compromises had been invalid. (novanet) the north was upset because the decision declared the missouri compromise to be unconstitutional
The Dred Scott decision demonstrated that there was no single nation any more. The South certainly wasn't upset by any decision that declared slavery to be legal, and that the new territories could not vote to join the USA as free-soil states. It was North that was upset at the suggestion that every state in the Union could, in theory, practise slavery. They were also displeased by the way the judgment was worded - that the Chief Justice reckoned a black man had no business taking a white man to court.