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Dred Scott Decision
[ dred ]
noun
- ScottScott, Dred2
Dred Scott decision
- A controversial ruling made by the Supreme Court in 1857, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War . Dred Scott, a slave, sought to be declared a free man on the basis that he had lived for a time in a “free” territory with his master. The Court decided that, under the Constitution , Scott was his master's property and was not a citizen of the United States. The Court also declared that the Missouri Compromise , which prohibited slavery in certain areas, unconstitutionally deprived people of property — their slaves. The Dred Scott decision was a serious blow to abolitionists ( see abolitionism ).
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He makes an occasion for lugging it in from the opposition to the Dred-Scott Decision.
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Plainly enough now: the adoption of it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred-Scott Decision.
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