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After 10 years of appeals in a lower court, the Supreme Court decided that all people of African descent, whether slave or free, could not be US citizens, and hence couldn't sue in federal court. Another ruling outcome of this case was that the federal government had no power to prohibit slavery in its territories.
In one of he worst Supreme Court rulings in history, the court decided against Scott, saying that he remained the property of his master, and that free states were obligated to abide by the laws of the slave states.
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What are facts about the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision?
Which statement best describes the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision?
Where did the Dred Scott Decision occur?
In the Supreme Court.
What was stated in the dred scott decision?
Slaves were the property of their owners.
How did the north react to the dred Scott case decision?
That the Supreme Court decision was both unnecessary and invalid.
What supreme court decision overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery?
dred scott
