They said he was a slave, and they also said that a black man was not the sort of person who ought to be suing a white man.
If Scott wanted his freedom, he should have applied for it while he was on free soil, which he was for several years.
Mot people reckon that his master - an Army doctor posted to the North - should not have taken his slave with him.
missouri, and the supreme court
The Supreme Court verdict in the Dred Scott case declared that slavery was legal in every state of the Union. So this invalidated both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
People of all states could decide if they wanted slavery withing their borders. A+Ls: The supreme court declared scott was a free man
1857 - when feelings were already running high on the slavery question. The decision - and the reasons given for it - further inflamed the powerful Abolitionists.
The constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise was a subject of debate. Some argued that it violated the principle of states' rights, while others believed it was necessary to maintain the balance between free and slave states. Ultimately, the Compromise was overturned by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision.
missouri, and the supreme court
supreme court of Missouri
Yes - according to the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case.
Scott Freeman was born in 1954.
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Dred Scott.
Dred Scott
Christopher Freeman died in 2010.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Dred Scott v. Sanford
The Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sanford did not decide if Dred Scott was a slave or not, but that slaves (and their descendants) could not be counted as US citizens and had no right to sue in court.
The Supreme Court verdict in the Dred Scott case declared that slavery was legal in every state of the Union. So this invalidated both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.