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4 April, 03:20

Briefly describe the Dred Scott case.

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    Dred Scott slave was held in Missouri and then taken the free territory in Wisconsin where he lived 2 years then returning to Missouri. They argued that he was in free soil yet still enslaved. He sued for freedom In Missouri in 1846. The court decided against Scott due to ...

    -he had no right to sue because Africans were not citizens

    -congress could not deprive people of property (slaves were property)

    -the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional.
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