Dred Scott v. Sandford

Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri from 1833 to 1843. Mr. Scott then moved to Illinois (free state) with his slave owner (Mr.Emerson). They often went back and fourth throughout both the free sates and the slave states due to Mr.Emerson being a Army surgeon.

This case was brought up by Mr.Scott and his wife after Mr.Emerson passed away. The argument was are Mr. and Mrs. Scott free due too being in a free state for a while.

Trails came shortly after the questions came about. The first trail was in 1847 but was dismissed due too technicality and was rescheduled for 1850. The case was delayed to to the judge seeing that Mrs. Emerson technically didn't own ether Scott nor his wife. But in the retrial, the State won, with the judge stating that "once free,always free" and the court sided with the State and they were not given there freedom.

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