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9 March, 05:02

What was one effect of the Supreme Court's ruling in the Scott v. Sandford case?

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  1. 9 March, 05:14
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    They ruled that slavery was legal in every state of the Union, because the Founding Fathers had declared that a man's property was sacred, and they would have included slaves within their definition of property. They also added that a black man was not the sort of person who ought to be suing a white man in the first included slaves within their definition of property. They also added that a black man was not the sort of person who ought to be suing a white man in the first place. This was an astonishing verdict, and it split the nation even further. The Court ruled blacks could not be considered citizens and reversed part of the Missouri Compromise. The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in defendant John Sanford's favor, returning Dred Scott and his family to slavery. Chief Justice Roger B.
  2. 9 March, 05:30
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    I think it strengthened the legal protections for slavery.
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