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Dred Scot Decision Jasmine Perez
Dred Scott Decision
- Slave in the state of Missouri
- His master had to more to free state of Illinois and then to the free territory of Wisconsin
- He believed on free soil for a very long time
- The Army ordered His Master to go back to Missouri
Lincoln Coin
Scott - Lincoln coin commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Dred Scott Decision http://www.thedredscottfoundation.org/dshf/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=70
Dred Scott Book
http://www.creativefashionsbyqueend.com/thedredscottdecision.aspx
Dred Scott's Point of View
The easiest way to strip any individual of their God-given rights is to deny his/her humanity. The Supremely wrong 1857 Dred Scott decision made the horrific treatment of black Americans possible by proclaiming that black people were not people, but property. Once upon a time we were considered mere “things” that could be bought, sold, or traded. Our humanity was robbed by ones who were created by the same Creator. http://www.blackprolifecoalition.org/take-action/
How Dred Scott Decision Led to Civil War
- Scott had gotten Abolitionists lawyers to help him sue for claiming he should be free since he lived on free soil for a long time
- This went all the way to the United States Supreme Court They told him that he could not be free, that he was property.
- Southerners approved the Dred Scott decision believing Congress had no right to prohibit slavery in the territories.
- Abraham Lincoln reacted with disgust to the ruling and was spurred into political action, publicly speaking out against it.
- Dred Scott decision had the effect of widening the political and social gap between North and South and took the nation closer to the brink of Civil War.
Citations
Since I was not in school the day we did this assignment I took notes on The Dred Scott Decision so that was how I got all my information