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What was the finding in the dred Scott case?
The Chief Justice ruled that when the Founding Fathers had declared that a man's property was sacred, 'property' would have included slaves. Therefore, he reasoned, the Constitution protected...
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Who is Dred Scott and did he win his case?
Dred Scott was a slave. When his owner moved to a free state and died, Scott argued that he should be free. He lost the case.
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Was the Dred Scott case Constitutional?
Unfortunately, at the time the Dred Scott decision was made (1857), there were no constitutional provisions specifically protecting African-Americans, who were wrongly viewed as property rather than...
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What was the ruling of the Dred Scott case?
The ruling of the Dred Scott case was that he was still a slave in a free state. The supreme court questioned his right of being an African-American and coming to the supreme court when he was, as I...
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What was the impact on the dred scott case?
(1857) There were 3 thing said that day that would chage the way people looked at slavery:
1 The court said that dread Scott had no right to sue because the framers of the Constitution (founding...