The Supreme Court finally processed the case in 1857 and Chief Justice Taney delivered the decision on March 6th. It declared three things. First, according to the constitution, Negroes are not citizens of the United States. (Daily Courier) Secondly, the Ordinance of 1857 had no "independent legal effect subsequently to the adoption of the constitution, and could not operate of itself to confer freedom or citizenship within the Northwest Territory on Negroes, not citizens by the constitution." Lastly, he also declared "the Provision Act of 1820, commonly called the Missouri Compromise, so far as it is understood to exclude Negro slavery from and communicate freedom and citizenship to Negroes in the northern part of the country is unconstitutional." (Illinois State Register) Justice Catron stated that because the plaintiff was a Negro of African blood, he then had no rights as a c

The Supreme Court's decision on the Dred Scott case appears to be a "he said, she said" type of battle with the north and south dueling over the decision's validity. The south supports the decision because it is in their favor and Secessionists because it protects what they uphold. This on the other hand does not enthrall abolitionists because it is a smack in the face. They are stripped of all that they had toiled for. Now, the government, which is suppose to be unbiased by favoritism or personal opinion is influenced by sympathy. The sympathy I refer to is its southern roots. They made this a case of race and power by re-establishing the fact that blacks were not citizens and therefore had no authority in white institutions. Shortly after the outcome of the Dred Scott case, Mr. Emmerson passed away and Mrs. Emmerson remarried an abolitionist. They freed Dred Scott, but how free was he? What does "freedom" really mean if you are stripped of becoming a citizen, cannot vote and are restricted under the authority of a white society?

itizen of Missouri to maintain a suit in the Circuit Court. (Tourolaw)

Abolitionists had different thoughts about the Supreme Court ruling. An article, Opinions of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case was bias since "five of the judges are slaveholders, and two of the other four owe their appointments to their facile ingenuity in making State laws bend to Federal demands in behalf of "t

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