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In the Dred Scott case, or Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court ruled that no black could claim U.S. citizenship or petition a court for their freedom.
The Dred Scott decision was the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on March 6, 1857, that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an enslaved person, Dred Scott, to his freedom. In essence, the decision argued that, as someone’s property, Scott was not a citizen and could not sue in a federal court.
What was the Dred Scott decision? How did the Dred Scott decision contribute to the American Civil War? How did the Dred Scott decision affect the election of 1860?
Since the Missouri Supreme Court had held that Scott remained a slave, the jury found in favor of Sanford. Scott then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the clerk misspelled the defendant's name, and the case was recorded as Dred Scott v. Sandford, with an ever-erroneous title.
By convincing many Northerners that the South was determined to preserve and extend slavery, the Dred Scott decision served to widen the gap between Northern and Southern states. Scott did get his freedom, but not through the courts.
Dred Scott, a slave, brought suit in 1846 to argue for his freedom on the grounds that he had travelled and lived within the free state of Minnesota. In 1857, the case reached the Supreme Court, which ruled against his claim of freedom, further exacerbating tensions between North and South.
In 1857, the United States Supreme Court heard the case of an enslaved man named Dred Scott, who filed suit to free himself and his family. Slavery in the United States was a hotbed issue at the time, an issue that was about to boil over into the bloodiest conflict in American history.
The Dred Scott v. Sandford case (1857) was the most important slavery-related decision in the United States Supreme Court’s history. Coming on the eve of the Civil War, and seven years after the Missouri Compromise of 1850, the decision affected the national political scene, impacted the rights of free blacks, and reinforced the institution ...
The Dred Scott Case: Dred Scott v. Sanford. In 1846, an enslaved man in St. Louis asked to purchase his freedom from his master. When she refused, the chain of events that followed would forever alter the course of events in the United States. Dred Scott was born into slavery around 1799.
Issued just two days after pro-slavery President James Buchanan took office, the Dred Scott decision fueled the growing national divisiveness that led to the Civil War. Supporters of enslavement in the South celebrated the decision, while abolitionists in the North expressed outrage.