Which issue was addressed by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case?

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Makhi Cooper

12 August, 20:35

Which issue was addressed by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case?

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Addison Robertson · Answer 1

affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories

Jonathon Hammond · Answer 2

On this day in 1857, the United States Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case, affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories, there by negating the doctrine of popular sovereignty and severely undermining the platform of the newly created Republican Party.