USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -in 1859 in the wake of the Dred Scott Decision John Brown a dried stop a violent uprising of enslaved workers be tried to create a violent uprising of enslaved workers receive sponsored the relocation Act of pro-slavery settlers in Kansas sponsor the relocation of anti-slavery settlers in Kansas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Brown and his many supporters believed after the Dred Scott decision there would be no peaceful end to slavery. On October 16, 1859 Brown led 18 men-13 white and 5 formerly enslaved African Americans-into Harpers Ferry, VA. They captured federal buildings, cut telegraph wires, killed four people and wounded nine.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Dred Scott Decision outraged abolitionists, who saw the Supreme Court’s ruling as a way to stop debate about slavery in the territories. The divide between North and South over slavery grew and culminated in the secession of southern states from the Union and the creation of the Confederate States of America.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Court ruled that no African American could be a citizen and that Dred Scott was still a slave. The court also ruled that the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was unconstitutional.