Dred Scott

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Dred Scott vs. Sanford
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Historical Document

• Dred Scot vs. Sanford
• And an act of Congress which deprives a citizen
  of the United States of his liberty or property,
  merely because he came himself or brought his
  property into a particular territory of the
  United States, and who had committed no offense
  against the laws, could hardly be dignified with
  the name of due process of law.

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Topic or Main Idea

• The idea of the verdict in the case Dred Scott
  vs. Sanford was that a slave was considered
  property and therefore was unable to sue in a
  court legally because a slave was not considered
  equal to a white man.

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Point of View or Bias

• The judge who declared the verdict had general
  sympathy toward slave freedom suits was favorable
  to Dred and Harriet Scott but when it was moved
  to another court, the Scott's lost the favor
• Reached the conclusion that no person descended
  from an American slave had ever been a citizen
  for Article III purposes. The Court then held the
  Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, hoping to
  end the slavery question once and for all.

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Inferences

• Coincided with the Missouri Compromise
• One of the biggest court cases of the time
  concerning a slave
• Verdict would have been argued by abolitionists
• Citizen and rights would not be acknowledged for
  blacks