1 jan 1857 ano - Dread Scott V Standford

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- In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that Congress lacked power to ban slavery in the U.S. territories. Finally, the Court declared that the rights of slave owners were constitutionally protected by the Fifth Amendment because slaves were categorized as property.
- Dread Scott and his Family Sued the wife of Emerson for refusing to let them buy their freedom while in a state that banned slavery.
-St. Louis
- A Major cause of this to occur is because of the stride for slaves to become free and when Dread Scott was living in a state that banned slavery.
- One major effect was that this case increased more tensions between the North and the South.

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