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398677582In 1857 the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of an enslaved African American, what was his name?Dred Scott
398677583Scott had asked for his freedom, what did the court do?Refused him
398677584Scott was a slave of whoAn army doctor
398677585For a time they lived where?Illinois, a free state
398677586Who died?Dred Scott's owner
398677587The case moved where?To the federal system and up to the Supreme court
398677588There, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney said what?He said that ''because Scott's a slave, he had none of the rights and privileges of an American citizen
398677589Taney also described what?That congress had no right to forbid slavery in the Wisconsin Territory
398677590He felt what?That the united states constitution protected the right of people to own slaves
398677591He believed what?That the Missouri Compromise was keeping people from owning property
398677592Many people had hoped what?The the Dred Scott Decision would finally settle the disagreements among the sections of the country over slavery once and for all. instead, it made the problems worse.
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