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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
Dred Scott
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 years did the Dred Scott decision take place prior to the Civil War?
The Dred Scott decision or Dred Scott v. Sandford, took place in 1857. His case was based on the fact that he and his wife Harriet Scott were slaves, but had lived in states and territories where slavery was illegal, including Illinois and Minnesota (which was then part of the Wisconsin Territory). Dred Scott lost the case when The United States Supreme Court ruled seven to two, on the grounds that he, nor any person of African ancestry, could claim citizenship in the United States, and that therefore Scott could not bring suit in federal court under diversity of citizenship rules.
What are some characteristics about Dred Scott?
What are some characteristics of Dred Scott
Missouri slave whose case before the supreme court upheld slavery?
Dred Scott.
Who was dred scoot?
The Dred Scott decision electrified the the nation. chief justice Roger B. tanry said the Dred Scott was still a slave.
What court case determind that slaves were not US citizens in the Civil War?
The slave Dred Scott. This was before the war - and one of the causes of it, because it divided the two sides further and raised the temperature of the debate.
In the 1850 Dred Scott case a Missouri jury ruled?
he doesnt know
Who was chief justice of the US for the dred Scott ruling?
Roger B. Taney was the Chief Justice of the United States during the Dred Scott v. Sandford case. He delivered the majority opinion in the case, which ruled against Dred Scott's petition for freedom.
What year was Dred Scott ruled a slave by the Supreme Court?
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.
Was a slave who sued the government for his freedom?
Dred Scott
What was dred Scott fighting for in the dred Scott case?
Dred Scott was fighting for his freedom. The Dred Scott case was a landmark Supreme Court decision that ruled African Americans were not considered citizens and therefore did not have the right to sue in federal court. The decision further fueled the tensions over the issue of slavery leading up to the Civil War.
What case determined that African American slaves were not citizens?
dred scott...a+
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 did judge Taney rule in the Dred Scott Case?
In the Dred Scott Case, Chief Justice Taney ruled that Dred Scott, as a black person, did not have the right to sue in federal court because he was considered property, not a citizen. Taney also declared that the Missouri Compromise, which prohibited slavery in certain territories, was unconstitutional.
The Dred Scott case ruled that?
slave owners had been deprived of property without due process of law
Which Supreme Court case ruled that slaves were property and therefore had no legal rights?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott case?
The ruling in the Dred Scott case allowed slave owners to take their slaves with them into the Western territories of the United States.
What did the judges decide in the Dred Scott case?
In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, were not considered citizens of the United States and therefore could not bring a case to federal court. Additionally, the Court declared that Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in federal territories, invalidating the Missouri Compromise.
