Dred Scott Court Case Summary

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Causes of the Civil War Economic control over the system of slavery Political control over the system of slavery Pioneers of Freedom (Free Soil Party Leaders) B. B. Russell & Co. (Boston, MA). Public domain Pioneers of Freedom (Free Soil Party Leaders).jpg Copy [[File:Pioneers of Freedom (Free Soil Party Leaders).jpg|Pioneers_of_Freedom_(Free_Soil_Party_Leaders)]] Copy January 1, 1866 556 897 image/jpeg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pioneers_of_Freedom_(Free_Soil_Party_Leaders).jpg Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President Alexander Gardner Public domain Abraham Lincoln head on shoulders photo portrait.jpg Copy [[File:Abraham Lincoln head on shoulders photo portrait.jpg|Abraham_Lincoln_head_on_shoulders_photo_portrait]] Copy November …show more content…
In the case, Scott had argued that from him living in the free territories of Illinois and Wisconsin from when his enslaver John Emerson stayed in those terrorized he was to be considered free. The case made its way to the Supreme Court where it was declared that Scott was still a slave and African American were not to be considered a national citizen of the United States. It had also ruled the Missouri compromise as unconstitutional, which would support the south in its expansion of slavery. “The Dred Scott decision infuriated Republicans by rendering their goal—to prevent slavery’s spread into the territories—unconstitutional” (Corbett et al., 2014). Ultimately, the Dred Scott decision took away from previous provisions that had been made to settle conflict over the issue of the status of African Americans. Slave kidnap post 1851 boston.jpg Public domain Slave kidnap post 1851 boston.jpg Copy [[File:Slave kidnap post 1851 boston.jpg|Slave_kidnap_post_1851_boston]] Copy 346 512 image/jpeg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slave_kidnap_post_1851_boston.jpg The Fugitive Slave Act It required free northern states’ citizens to return caught runaway slaves to the South. Under the law, people who decide to help slaves escape would be punished with fines and imprisonment (Corbett et al, 2014). Some northerners had chosen not to uphold the …show more content…
South Carolina was the first state to succeed in 1850. Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas, were the first of the southern states to follow South Carolina lead and create the Confederate States of America. When they succeeded they declared themselves a new nation under their own governmental authority. In their eyes, their actions were in keeping with the nature of the Constitution and the social contract theory of government that had influenced the founders of the American Republic”(Corbett et al., 2014). The Confederate Constitution would be created by them to protect the system and expansion of slavery. Later on Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, and Arkansas would join the Confederate state in 1861 that consisted of a Judicial Branch, Elective Branch, and a two Chamber Congress ( Corbett et al., 2014). Once President Abraham Lincoln declared succession as unconstitutional, war would breakout. The Missouri Compromise The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was put in place to create a border line distinction of where slavery would and wouldn’t be allowed. It came as a result of Congress trying to evenly distribute power between the free states of the North and the pro-slavery states of the South. The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 had given America a significant
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