Dred Scott Case Of 1857

In this case, Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) Dred Scott was an African American slave at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court pivotal Dred Scott decision of (1857). Dred Scott was born in 1799 in Southampton county, Virginia, U.S. and he died September 17, 1858, in St. Louis, Missouri. The ruling rejected Scottś for emancipation which he based on his temporary residence in a free state and territory, in which slavery was prohibited, and struck down the Missouri Compromise (1820), thereby making slavery legal in all U.S. territories. Dred Scott was born in the United States as a slave. Dred Scott´s original owner, Peter Blow, moved to Alabama in 1818 and he relocated to St. Louis Missouri in 1830, taking him with his property including his slaves.

Congress didn't have the power to ban slavery in the U.S. The rights of slave owners were protected by the fifth amendment because slaves were known as property. The Supreme Court lacked jurisdiction to take Scotts' case due to him being a slave or a slave. Scott was not a “citizen” so they could not entertain Scott's case. Scott was not a citizen so he had no right to file a lawsuit in federal court. The court also argued that Scott's as a citizen of a free state did not make him a US citizen. He could not clarify as an American citizen because he was black. The decision in Dred Scott v Sandford raised tension between the North and

They went on trial again in January 1850 and won freedom. They were sent to a lower court and the case was reversed and they were enslaved again. Dred Scott filed a federal lawsuit in Missouri. On May 15, 1854, the federal court heard the case. His family stayed slaves and lost the case due to him not being a citizen. Scott did not give up there. He got another trial. The judge this time was Chief Justice Roger Taney. Dred Scott was a free man again in that case. Scott found work as a porter in a hotel. He lived as a free man but not for long. At 59 years old Scott died from tuberculosis on September 17,