Why were abolitionists outraged by the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision?

A. It expanded slavery to California.

B. It declared an end to slavery in the South.

C. It declared slaves to be in bondage even in free states or territories.

D. It allow the slave trade to continue in the South.

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Why were abolitionists outraged by the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision?

A. It expanded slavery to California.

B. It declared an end to slavery in the South.

C. It declared slaves to be in bondage even in free states or territories.

D. It allow the slave trade to continue in the South.

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Dred Scott was an enslaved man who was taken into free states by his owners. Scott attempted to sue for his freedom, but was denied. The case set the precedent that slaves were to be in bondage in free states and territories, as well as slave states and territories.

Why were abolitionists outraged by the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision?A. It expanded slavery to California.B. It declared an end to slavery in the South.C. It declared slaves to be in bondage even in free states or territories.D. It allow the slave trade to continue in the South.

Why were abolitionists outraged by the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision?

A. It expanded slavery to California.

B. It declared an end to slavery in the South.

C. It declared slaves to be in bondage even in free states or territories.

D. It allow the slave trade to continue in the South.