SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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Question
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Dred Scott
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Irene Emerson
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John Sanford
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no one; it was a mistrial
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Detailed explanation-1: -He said he had lived in both a free territory and a free state. However, in 1852, the Missouri Supreme Court denied Dred Scott his freedom. The Court was made up of different judges than in earlier years and arguments over slavery were more intense. This led them to overturn the “once free, always free” precedent.
Detailed explanation-2: -Scott sued Mrs. Emerson for “false imprisonment” and battery. Scott argued that he was being held illegally because he had become a free man as soon as he had lived in a free state. He claimed he was taken to a slave state against his will.
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.