Dredd Scott Flashcards
How far did this legal case go (highest court it reached) and what did the court ultimately decide?
The case reached the Supreme Court the court decided he is still a slave and as a slave he had no right to bring a lawsuit
Why did Dred Scott and his lawyers believe that he should legally be a freeman instead of slave?
Dread Scott lived in a Freestate Illinois he claimed he should be free because he had once lived on Freesoil
How did the court explain his decision and would it mean if the ruling put into effect?
The Constitution protected slavery Taney stated that Scott was still slave also taney wrote that Scott’s residence on Freesoil did not let him free this amendment prohibits Congress from taking away property without due process of law’s slavery is legal everywhere
Effect of Dred Scott
Slaveowners could move to Freestates and keep their slaves every state in Now a State
Dred Scott case in 1857
A slave who had lived in a Freestate with his owners for years abolitionists argue he should be free
