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Bookmark or Share- Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) - The National Constitution CenterDred Scott, an enslaved man who was taken by his enslaver into a free state and also to free federal territory, sued for freedom for himself and his family based on his stay in free territory. The Court refused to permit Scott constitutional protections and rights because he was not a citizen.
- Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1856) - Justia US Supreme Court CenterDred Scott, a slave born in Virginia, was purchased by John Emerson in Missouri in 1820. Emerson then traveled with Scott to Fort Armstrong, Illinois and from there to Fort Snelling, Wisconsin. Both Illinois and Wisconsin prohibited slavery.
- Dred Scott - WikipediaDred Scott (c. 1799 – September 17, 1858) was a black slave who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for the freedom of themselves and their two daughters, Eliza and Lizzie, in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott decision".
- Dred Scott v. Sandford | OyezDred Scott was a slave in Missouri. From 1833 to 1843, he resided in Illinois (a free state) and in the Louisiana Territory, where slavery was forbidden by the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
- 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.
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