it made slavery and the western territory
the dred scott decision stated that slaves are peoplealso and should'nt be property :D yurwelcomee
It was taken all the way to the Supreme Court, where the Chief Justice issued the controversial decision.
march 6,1857
According to Chief Justice Roger Taney's ruling on the Dred Scott case. Nothing is the answer. Dred Scott is just as much property as a mule.
He decided that people ofAfrican descent imported into the u.s. and there descendants were not citizens so they did not have legal rights to sue.
No, the 14th Amendment supersedes the Dred Scott decision.
Scott was a slave and could not win suit.
Scott was a slave and could not win suit.
Scott was a slave and could not bring suit
The chief justice in the Dred Scott case was Roger B. Taney.
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case in 1857 ruled that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, were not considered citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court. Additionally, the court declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, further inflaming the national debate over slavery leading up to the Civil War.
That the Supreme Court decision was both unnecessary and invalid.
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.
Southerners benefited the most from the Dred Scott Decision.
The Supreme Court eventually decided to give Dred Scott his freedom. They made that decision because they thought that it would end the huge slavery crisis. A few weeks after Dred Scott was freed, he sadly died. :(
Dred Scott case