Back دريد سكوت ضد ساندفورد Arabic Dred Skot Sanforda qarşı Azerbaijani Dred Scott v. Sandford Danish Dred Scott v. Sandford German Dred Scott v. Sandford English Caso Dred Scott contra Sandford Spanish Dred Scott auzia Basque درد اسکات در برابر سندفرد Persian Dred Scott vastaan Sandford Finnish Scott v. Sandford French
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857), was a US Supreme Court landmark decision.[1] In March 1857, the court ruled that blacks, whether slaves, or free, were not citizens of the United States.[2] They could not, therefore, sue in federal court.[2]
Dred Scott had sued in federal court and claimed that he was free because he had lived in free territory.[a] He lost his case in a ruling that has been condemned by many as the Supreme Court's worst decision.[5]
The Dred Scott case, which denied Scott his freedom by ruling that blacks were not US citizens, was the end of years of legal cases from 1846 to 1857 in lower federal district court and Missouri courts, which had granted Dred Scott freedom for about two years.
- ↑ "Focus on Dred Scott v. Sandford". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "32a. The Dred Scott Decision". Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ↑ "The Missouri Compromise". Social Studies for Kids. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ↑ "23c. The Missouri Compromise". Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ↑ Slavery in the United States: A Social, Political, and Historical Encyclopedia. Volume 1, ed. Junius P. Rodriguez (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2007), p. 265
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