Analysis Of The Dred Scott V. Sanford Case

White America will always have an advantage over blacks and it will continue to be this way, whether we would like to admit it or not. African Americans had the same capabilities to do anything a white American could, if not better in many circumstances. Unhappy with the hardships that challenged blacks’ freedom throughout their life, enslaved African American, Dred Scott, made a significant impact which eventually changed the views of slavery. Thus, the court ruling of the Dred Scott v. Sanford was established in 1857 which declared that slaves nor black men who were already free could be granted citizenship in the United States (Dred Scott v. Sandford, n.d.). Scott v Sanford court case was created to emphasize the wrongdoings of slave masters by expressing the poorly acts African Americans face while under the Declaration of Independence.

Born to slave masters of the Peter Blow family in Virginia of 1799, Dred Scott was

Scott without a doubt was not giving up his fight for freedom this easily because his case could also help other African American slaves stand up for themselves. Sandford was so angry with the fact that Scott won the second trial, Mrs. Emerson, Sanford’s sister took it upon herself to appeal the ruling which then went to the Missouri Supreme Court where Scott had lost in court again (William, 2014). Scott shows that the case was not about money but simply because he had been held illegally by Sanford which is why he sued to make Sanford pay for lost time over the years that he could never get back. In fact, this case was so powerful many believed that it was the cause which leads the Civil War to occur (150 Years Ago, 2007). With the help of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendment the Dred Scott decision was overturned, which now allows American citizens in the United States to sue in federal court (PBS,