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Because he had lived on free soil for some years (where his freedom would have been granted automatically, if he had applied for it then), and he believed that he could apply for it retrospectively when he was back in slave country.
Local judges had never dealt with this situation before, and that is how the case reached the Supreme Court and became one of the big controversies that led to civil war.
cause he was property back then and you can do what you want with it. Look up the supreme court case ruling
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Who did dred scott sue?
Dred Scott sued his owner Peter Blow for his freedom. He had basis for the suit because of his extended stay in states where slavery was prohibited.
On what grounds did Dred Scott sue for his freedom in court?
missouri, and the supreme court
Who was Dr John Emerson?
He was Dred Scott's owner and a U.S. army surgeon
Why should people remember Dred Scott?
Dred Scott was a slave who tried to sue for his freedom in the 1800s. The court ruled against him, deciding that slaves were property, not people. Dred Scott should be remembered as a man who believed in independence and freedom before the rest of the country caught up.
Why did the US Supreme Court deny Dred Scott his freedom?
The Dred Scott case of 1857 maintained the southern thinking that, as a slave, Dred Scott was no more than property. He was not entitled to citizenship, nor the right to sue.
Who did dred scott sue?
Dred Scott sued his owner Peter Blow for his freedom. He had basis for the suit because of his extended stay in states where slavery was prohibited.
Who was dred Scott and what was the dred Scott decision?
Dred Scott is a slave and sued his slave owner that if his in the north his freed from slavery. dred scott decision is when they said the Dred is just a slave and they are not citizen had no rights to sue their slave owners. this led to continue the civil wars against the north and the south
What Dred Scott claimed freedom in the courts based on?
Dred Scott claimed freedom on the basis of saying that he was illegally a slave when his owner moved him over to the northern-free states. However, in order to sue somebody, it is required that you be a U.S. citizen. Dred Scott was viewed as property, and the case was never acknowledged.
What Former slave tried to sue for his freedom?
Dred Scott
Who is the slave that sued after being takeninto free territory by owner?
the owner didnt take him there his owner died and he fled. his name is Dred Scott and he lost the dred Scott case.
What was the Dred Scott decisoin?
Basically it said that slaves were property and had no rights. Therefore Scott had no standing to sue.
Was a slave who sued the government for his freedom?
Dred Scott
On what grounds did Dred Scott sue for his freedom in court?
missouri, and the supreme court
What year was Dred Scott ruled a slave by the Supreme Court?
The Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sanford did not decide if Dred Scott was a slave or not, but that slaves (and their descendants) could not be counted as US citizens and had no right to sue in court.
Who was a slave who sued his owner for freedom?
Dred Scott was a slave who sued his owner for freedom in the United States in the 1850s. The case, Dred Scott v. Sandford, reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which ultimately ruled against Scott, stating that slaves were property and not citizens, thereby denying his freedom.
What slave who was living in a free territory for 4 years sue for his freedom?
dred scott
Who was the army surgeon who was the owner of slave dred Scott?
John Emerson
