SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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Question
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His owner got a new slave
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His slave contract expired
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His owner died
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Because he lived in free territory
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1846, an enslaved Black man named Dred Scott and his wife, Harriet, sued for their freedom in St. Louis Circuit Court. They claimed that they were free due to their residence in a free territory where slavery was prohibited.
Detailed explanation-3: -A year later, in 1857, upon her remarriage, this time to a man who opposed slavery, she returned the Scott family to their original owners, the Blow family. The Scotts were then granted their freedom. Dred Scott died one year later, in 1858.