The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case found that African Americans who were held as slaves were not protected under the Constitution, and therefore could not become citizens or sue in court.
This decision obviously angered those who opposed slavery because it took away the opportunity for African Americans to preserve their fundamental rights for quite some time. It seemed as if the courts were on the side of the slave states and were on their way to making the prohibition of slavery by the state unconstitutional.
However, it is important to note that not everyone was outraged; those in favor of slavery felt that this was an important victory. They felt that their right to own slaves was being protected, and because the courts were not taking away this right, the union could be preserved.
No, the 14th Amendment supersedes the Dred Scott decision.
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Scott was a slave and could not bring suit
The Dred Scott verdict widened the divisions between North and South. The South was delighted to hear that slavery was legal in every state of the Union, because of the Supreme Court's interpretation of the word 'property' in the Constitution. The Northern abolitionists - still a small minority, but highly influential - were outraged at this suggestion.
The origins of the Dred Scott case are due to the I.C.U.P organization
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The Dred Scott case effected the nation.It effect the nation by causing it to split the nation.
Abolitionists were outraged by the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case, as it ruled that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, were not citizens and therefore did not have the right to sue in federal court. They saw this decision as a setback to the abolitionist movement and a reinforcement of the institution of slavery.
No, the 14th Amendment supersedes the Dred Scott decision.
Dred Scott v. Sandford : 1857 .
The slave's name was Dred Scott
The Abolitionist minority were outraged at the verdict, and the insulting remarks that accompanied it. The non-Abolitionist majority were simply exasperated that war seemed to be coming closer.
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The Dred Scott case was decided in 1857.
The Dred Scott case took about eleven years to be resolved. The case began in Missouri in 1846.