This case was brought in front of the court because a slave, Dred Scott, who lived with his owner before returning to Mississippi, thought he was entitled to emancipation. The chief Justice was a supporter of slavery. The decided that no black, free or slave, could claim U.S. citizenship. Making blacks unable to argue the court for their freedom. The Dred Scott outcome heightened tension between the North and South. http://www.history.com/topics/dred-scott-case
This case was brought in front of the court because a slave, Dred Scott, who lived with his owner before returning to Mississippi, thought he was entitled to emancipation. The chief Justice was a supporter of slavery. The decided that no black, free or slave, could claim U.S. citizenship. Making blacks unable to argue the court for their freedom. The Dred Scott outcome heightened tension between the North and South.
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