This Supreme Court decision attempted to settle the legal status of slaves in free territories to avert a civil war, but it provoked one instead. Dred Scott, who was born a slave in Missouri ...

The case before the court was that of Dred Scott v. Sanford. Dred Scott, a slave who had lived in the free state of Illinois and the free territory of Wisconsin before moving back to the slave ...

The 1857 Dred Scott v Sandford decision came after Dred Scott ... But the lawsuit grew into a legal case lasting over a ...

Written by a slaveholder and joined by five other slaveholders, Dred Scott v. Sandford's reasoning is continuous ... Maybe you don't agree with any of that. In that case, I'll just summarize ...