Dred Scott v. Sandford
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Slavery, Slaves, Supreme Court, U.S., Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations
- Curriculum: African American History, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877)
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: March 6, 1857
Article abstract: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Congress cannot limit slavery in the territories, nullifying the Missouri Compromise.
Summary of Event
Few decisions of the United States Supreme Court have had the political repercussions of Dred Scott v. Sandford (documents of the time misspelled the defendant’s name). The decision supplied the infant Republican Party with new issues against the Democrats, already divided by the civil war in Kansas referred to by modern historians as Bleeding Kansas. The decision also was an embarrassment to...
[The entire page is 1673 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
