Because he had been taken on to free soil for some years. If he had applied for his freedom at that time, it would have been granted automatically.
But he did not apply till later, when he was back in slave country. The local judges had never had to deal with this situation before. That is how it reached the Supreme Court.
Since he was a slave he was likely against slavery.
Dred Scott rose the awareness of slavery.
His case.
It declared that slavery was protected by the Constitution, and asserted that a black man should not be allowed to sue his master.
Southerners believed that Dred Scott was not free because they viewed him as property, not as a person entitled to rights. The prevailing legal framework at the time considered enslaved individuals to be the property of their owners, and the Supreme Court's 1857 ruling in the Dred Scott case reinforced this notion by declaring that enslaved people could not sue for their freedom. Additionally, many Southerners held the belief that the extension of slavery into new territories was essential for their economic interests, leading them to support the idea that Scott should remain enslaved.
he onced lived in the North where slavery was prohibited
Dred Scott believed he should be free because he had lived in free states and territories where slavery was illegal, which he argued should have conferred freedom upon him. He sued for his freedom based on the legal principle of once free, always free, but ultimately lost the case in a landmark Supreme Court decision.
It allowed slavery and found Scott to be property.
because he onced lived in areas of the north where slavery was prohibited
Newton Scott believed that slavery was morally wrong and inhumane. He actively campaigned against the slave trade and was a strong advocate for abolition. He believed that all individuals should have equal rights and opportunities regardless of race.
Since he was a slave he was likely against slavery.
Dred Scott rose the awareness of slavery.
Dred Scott was born into slavery in 1795.
Dred Scott argued that his time living in free territories should have made him a free man, as these territories prohibited slavery. He claimed that this should have nullified his status as a slave under the Missouri Compromise.
slavery
His case.
I believe his name is Scott Stapp.