Key Figures
Dred Scott: Slave who sued for his freedom, lost, and sent back to master
Irene Emerson: First owner of Dred Scott
John F. A. Sanford: Second brief owner of Dred Scott, named was misspelled in court to "Sandford"
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney: Supreme Court Chief Justice, ruled Scott was property and could not go to court
Irene Emerson: First owner of Dred Scott
John F. A. Sanford: Second brief owner of Dred Scott, named was misspelled in court to "Sandford"
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney: Supreme Court Chief Justice, ruled Scott was property and could not go to court
Case
*Slaves were officially called property by Judiciary Branch
*Africans were an inferior race to whites
*Showed that Government could not regulate slavery in territories
*Case ruled that outlaw of slavery in Minnesota Territory was unconstitutional-right of property
* Meant Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
*Slaves/Blacks were not citizens - 5th amendment
*Could not sue in court
*Went against Northern beliefs and practices which stated that Africans practiced rights of free citizens
*Africans were an inferior race to whites
*Showed that Government could not regulate slavery in territories
*Case ruled that outlaw of slavery in Minnesota Territory was unconstitutional-right of property
* Meant Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
*Slaves/Blacks were not citizens - 5th amendment
*Could not sue in court
*Went against Northern beliefs and practices which stated that Africans practiced rights of free citizens
Impact
*More power to Federal Government
*Took sovereignty away from states
*Can't take property away from people, due process of law
*Civil Rights movement
* Republicans hate
* State that the ruling was opinion (Most of Supreme Court was from South)
* Douglass supports North and argues for popular sovereignty
* South Angry at this opposition
* Caused rejection of all related slavery compromises
* Strengthened and expanded Slave owners' rights
*Took sovereignty away from states
*Can't take property away from people, due process of law
*Civil Rights movement
* Republicans hate
* State that the ruling was opinion (Most of Supreme Court was from South)
* Douglass supports North and argues for popular sovereignty
* South Angry at this opposition
* Caused rejection of all related slavery compromises
* Strengthened and expanded Slave owners' rights
Place in History
*Government officially stated that Africans could not hold the same rights as free citizens; where as in the North, Africans have these same rights.
*Declared that Africans were not protected under the Constitution
*Considered the worst decision ever made by the Supreme Court
*Called a "Self-inflicted Wound" on the US today
*Declared that Africans were not protected under the Constitution
*Considered the worst decision ever made by the Supreme Court
*Called a "Self-inflicted Wound" on the US today
Cause to Civil War
*Believed by Northerners to take power away from Congress to stop slavery from expanding into new territories
*May then spread to free states
*Fear that slavery was growing and will eventually not be able to be stopped
*Republicans angry and state its opinion
* Angers South a lot
*May then spread to free states
*Fear that slavery was growing and will eventually not be able to be stopped
*Republicans angry and state its opinion
* Angers South a lot
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