Scott is also accusing Sanford of assaulting his wife and children. Sanford justifies this by saying that he laid his hands on them and imprisoned them lawfully since they were slaves. The case would never have been seen or heard if in previous court history a decision was not declared, " that state courts determined the status of Negroes who lived within their jurisdiction."(Norton p.391)

The Supreme Court had only this precedent to follow. The court eventually r

There were two northern justices that argued the opinion of the Missouri Compromise and the decision for Scott's freedom. Chief justice Taney's decision of Scott's case was constitutional under the Article III Section II. Since Congress had no power to bar slavery from a certain territory, the Missouri Compromise was one of a kind then. The decision to deem Scott not guilty was seen as an "overturn of sectional compromise that had been honored for years."(Norton P.392)

uled on the Missouri Compromise. The case was brought to court in May 1854 and Sanford was found guilty. The case appealed and the court reargued the decision in 1855 and the defendant was found not guilty.

eligible to sue in Federal court? Had residence in a free state or free territory made him free? Did congress have the power to prohibit slavery in a territory or to delegate that power to territorial legislature? The selection of the constitution that the Suprem

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