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What was the result of the dred Scott case?
The Dred Scott decision explicitly denied state and federal citizenship to all African-Americans and ended the "once free, always free" standard courts applied to emancipate slaves who had lived in...
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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 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...
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What was the reaction to Dred Scott case?
Fierce controversy because the Supreme Court's ruling (that slaves were property, and therefore protected by the Constitution) appeared to mean that no state could declare itself to be free soil.It...