Because the court ruled that Dred Scott was African American and therefore had no right to sue
The decision made slavery legal and slaves were properly without rights or citizenship.
Southern slave holders were pleased about the US Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case because the Court affirmed that slavery was legal. It also affirmed the right to return slaves to their farmlands even if their master died with a slave being a travel companion. This was the world in the USA in the 1800's before the Civil War.
Taney led the U.S. Supreme Court as Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision
Taney led the U.S. Supreme Court as Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision.
Taney led the U.S. Supreme Court as Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision.
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
The decision made slavery legal and slaves were properly without rights or citizenship.
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
Southerners benefited the most from the Dred Scott Decision.
Because the Supreme Court ruled he was still a slave even though his owner died. The North was upset by that.
While the Dred Scott decision, which ruled a slave as property could accompany his master to a free state yet still remain a slave pleased southerners, it greatly agitated northerners. The Raid on Harperâ??s Ferry by radical abolitionist, John Brown inflamed southerners. The two incidents drew sharp divisions between the north and south and paved the way to the American Civil War.
Slaves were blocked from bringing lawsuits in courts because they weren't citizens.
Slaves were blocked from bringing lawsuits in courts because they weren't citizens.
They believed that since slaves were their property that they could have property wherever they pleased :]
It declared that slavery was protected by the Constitution, and asserted that a black man should not be allowed to sue his master.
Taney led the U.S. Supreme Court as Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision.
First, the Dred Scott decision ruled that since Africans weren't citizens, they had no Constitutional rights. Second, it directly led to the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.