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Q: What slave sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court?
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Who was the slave that sued for freedom in supreme court?

Dred Scott


Who was the slave that sued for his freedom in the supreme court?

Dred Scott


Which former slave sued for his freedom in court but lost?

Dred Scott


Who was the former slave who sued for his freedom?

Some slave who sued for his freedom


What was the famous US Supreme Court case where a slave sued for freedom?

The famous US Supreme Court case where the slave sued for his freedom was in the Dred Scott case. He was with his master traveling when they traveled into a free state; because they were in a free state, Scott believed he was a free man and sued for his freedom. The court however disagreed, saying that Scott was his masters property and he was not free, even in a free state. This gave people in the south an opportunity to go find their runaway slaves because they were by law, still their property.


What enslaved man sued for his freedom in a landmark supreme court case?

Dred Scott.


Who was the slave who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court was?

Dred Scott


Who sued for his freedom in Missouri in 1857 but lost as the case went to supreme court?

Dred Scott


Whose lawsuit to gain freedom was denied in a landmark US Supreme Court decision?

Dred Scott was the famous slave who sued to gain his freedom and was denied by the US Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857). The decision in this case is considered one of the catalysts of the US Civil War.


Who was it dred Scott sued?

he sued the supreme court


What was dred scott case about?

Dred Scott sued his owners for freedom when they took him to the Northern states. The Supreme Court ruled that he did not have the right to sue whether he was a slave or free. That decision was overturned nine years later.


Who was a slave who sued his owner for freedom?

Dred Scott