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Bookmark or Share- Dred Scott decision | Definition, History, Summary, Significance ...Dred Scott decision, legal case (1857) in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (7–2) that a slave who had resided in a free state and territory was not thereby entitled to his freedom, that African Americans were not and could never be U.S. citizens, and that the Missouri Compromise (1820) was unconstitutional.
- Dred Scott Case ‑ Decision, Definition & Impact - HISTORYIn the Dred Scott case, or Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court ruled that no black could claim U.S. citizenship or petition a court for their freedom.
- Dred Scott v. Sandford - WikipediaThe decision involved the case of Dred Scott, an enslaved black man whose owners had taken him from Missouri, a slave-holding state, into Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory, where slavery was illegal.
- Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) | National ArchivesIn 1846, an enslaved Black man named Dred Scott and his wife, Harriet, sued for their freedom in St. Louis Circuit Court. They claimed that they were free due to their residence in a free territory where slavery was prohibited. The odds were in their favor.
- Dred Scott Decision Key Facts - Encyclopedia BritannicaBy convincing many Northerners that the South was determined to preserve and extend slavery, the Dred Scott decision served to widen the gap between Northern and Southern states. Scott did get his freedom, but not through the courts.
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