The case Dred Scott v. Sanford is an important case because it ruled that African Americans were property and could not sue for their freedom. Dred Scott was born into slavery, he lived in Virginia until 1830 where he moved to Missouri. His master was a surgeon in the army and had been station in modern day Minnesota. They moved back to Missouri in 1842 where the master died. Dred Scott who had lived in the North with his master and under the current laws, any slave that lived in the North for more than six months would be free. Harriet Scott, Dred Scott’s wife, convinced him to sue for their freedom. The jury decided on the fact that since the Scotts’ had lived in Illinois and Wisconsin territories that they were free. The Supreme Court over
