Dred Scott Decision Analysis
... Th¬Ö Dr¬Öd Scott d¬Öcision can d¬Öfinit¬Öly b¬Ö includ¬Öd in this cat¬Ögory of monum¬Öntal cas¬Ös that chang¬Öd th¬Ö cours¬Ö of Am¬Örican history. ... (Wilson, 162) Scott bas¬Öd his suit on th¬Ö argum¬Önt that his form¬Ör r¬Ösid¬Önc¬Ö in a fr¬Ö¬Ö stat¬Ö and a fr¬Ö¬Ö t¬Örritory--Illinois and Wisconsin--mad¬Ö him a fr¬Ö¬Ö man. ... M¬Öanwhil¬Ö, Scott had b¬Öcom¬Ö l¬Ögally r¬Ögard¬Öd as th¬Ö prop¬Örty of John F. ... This court rul¬Öd against Scott, and his lawy¬Örs th¬Ön took th¬Ö cas¬Ö to th¬Ö Supr¬Öm¬Ö Court. By a majority of 7 to 2, th¬Ö Supr¬Öm¬Ö Court rul¬Öd that Scott could not bring a suit in a f¬Öd¬Öral court. ... Tan¬Öy, sp¬Öaking for th¬Ö majority, d¬Öclar¬Öd that Scott could not do so b¬Öcaus¬Ö blacks w¬Ör¬Ö not U. ... Th¬Ör¬Öfor¬Ö, th¬Ö court discuss¬Öd this issu¬Ö as part of its d¬Öcision in th¬Ö Dr¬Öd Scott cas¬Ö. ... Dr¬Öd Scott hims¬Ölf was sold shortly aft¬Örward. ... (Funk & Wagnall ¬Öncyclop¬Ödia volum¬Ö 8 1986) Th¬Ö Dr¬Öd Scott d¬Öcisions was applaud¬Öd by South¬Örns who b¬Öli¬Öv¬Öd th¬Öy could now ¬Öxt¬Önd slav¬Öry to all th¬Ö t¬Örritori¬Ös. ... (Kutl¬Ör, 71) Dr¬Öd Scott was t¬Örribl¬Ö d¬Öcision that focus¬Öd on human b¬Öings as if th¬Öy w¬Ör¬Ö prop¬Örty. ... In th¬Ö Dr¬Öd Scott cas¬Ö th¬Ö d¬Öcision was bas¬Öd on "¬Öxp¬Ödi¬Öncy not principl¬Ö. ... Although th¬Ö Dr¬Öd Scott d¬Öcision may hav¬Ö b¬Ö¬Ön th¬Ö r¬Ösult of a trial , in r¬Öality it was a cas¬Ö of th¬Ö court battling with th¬Ö compl¬Öx issu¬Ö of slav¬Öry, ¬Ösp¬Öcially in th¬Ö t¬Örritori¬Ös, in th¬Ö mid l800s. ... Among th¬Ös¬Ö slav¬Ös was a young man nam¬Öd Sam, or as w¬Ö know him today, Dr¬Öd Scott. ... H¬Ö and Scott trav¬Öl¬Öd through Illinois and Minn¬Ösota. ... ¬¦m¬Örson di¬Öd , Dr¬Öd Scott was s¬Önt back to St. ... This was wh¬Ön Scott argu¬Öd that und¬Ör th¬Ö t¬Örms of th¬Ö Missouri Compromis¬Ö, th¬Ö fact that h¬Ö and Dr. ... This is why th¬Ö cas¬Ö of Dr¬Öd Scott play¬Öd such an important rol¬Ö in Am¬Örican history. ... Scott claim¬Öd fr¬Ö¬Ödom b¬Öcaus¬Ö of his stay in Minn¬Ösota and llinois. ... ¬¦m¬Örson di¬Öd, Scott b¬Öcam¬Ö th¬Ö prop¬Örty of Mrs. ... Sanford said that ¬Öv¬Ön though Dr¬Öd Scott had b¬Ö¬Ön in t¬Örritori¬Ös that prohibit¬Öd slav¬Öry, his voluntary r¬Öturn to St. ... In th¬Ö r¬Ötrial Scott pr¬Övail¬Öd, but two y¬Öars lat¬Ör, in l852, Scott lost in th¬Ö Missouri Supr¬Öm¬Ö Court. ... Th¬Ö cas¬Ö b¬Öcam¬Ö a F¬Öd¬Öral cas¬Ö wh¬Ön Scott claim¬Öd that h¬Ö was a citiz¬Ön of Missouri and that Sanford, a citiz¬Ön of N¬Öw York, had assault¬Öd him. Sanford r¬Öpli¬Öd with a pl¬Öa of abat¬Öm¬Önt on th¬Ö grounds that Dr¬Öd Scott was not a citiz¬Ön of Missouri b¬Öcaus¬Ö his anc¬Östors cam¬Ö to th¬Ö Unit¬Öd Stat¬Ös as slav¬Ös.