Dred Scott's Influence On African Americans

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African Americans suffered a hard life in the South. Many were under the rule of a plantation owner, who treated the slaves as tools and another animal that could help the owner on the farm. They were deprived of education and recreation Despite the oppression of the African American slaves, Dred Scott risked his life and took a stand to begin a radical movement (for racial equality) to flatten the hierarchy between slaves and their masters.
African Americans suffered a hard life in the South. Many were under the rule of a plantation owner, who treated the slaves as tools and another animal that could help the owner on the farm. The slaves were inferior to their master, so that slave would know there place in the social ladder. They were deprived …show more content…
The Blows moved to Alabama, then to Missouri, where the Blows died. Dred Scott was sold to John Emerson, an US Army surgeon. John was stationed in Minnesota and Present day Wisconsin for two years. Emerson fell in love with 19 year-old Harriet Robinson, whom was a slave of another doctor. Robinson was transferred over to Emerson after the wedding. The Scotts had two daughters Lizzie and Eliza. The Emersons and the Scotts moved back to Missouri, where later John died. Irene took possession of Dred Scott, his wife, and his two daughters. Dred Scott tried to sue Irene Emerson, as he stated that he is not a slave anymore because he lived in free territory for a couple of years. Although Missouri was a slave state, the court ruled that he was free. After the lose, Irene Emerson gave the Scotts to her Brother JFA Sanford where he was a slave again. Dred Scott sued John Sanford. After 11 years, the case finally reached the Supreme Court on the brink of the Civil war. The Supreme court case was a big deal for both the North and the South. The ruling came down to Chief Justice Robert Taney, as he said that the black people were not or could not be citizens. “They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior, that they [African Americans] had no rights which the white man …show more content…
The Dred Scott decision risk the freedom of free African Americans, as Roger B. Taney said that blacks could not be a citizen. After the Civil War, Dred Scott took part in the passing of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment to the constitution. The 13th Amendment stated, “Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime,” 14th, “Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues,” and 15th, Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” The amendments ban slavery, created protection for all people, and gave all citizens the right to
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