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The Dred Scott Decision 2
Title: The Dred Scott Decision 2
Category: History
Details: Words: 876 | Pages: 3.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Dred Scott Decision 2
The Dred Scott decision dealt a serious blow to the antislavery forces that hoped to keep slavery out of the Northern territories, particularly to Senator Stephen A. Douglas’s doctrine of popular sovereignty, and also declared that no slave, nor descendant of a slave, could be a U.S. citizen. As a non-citizen, the court stated, Scott did not have rights, could not sue in a Federal Court, and must remain a slave. The decision …showed first 75 words of 876 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 876 total…well as slaves, were now recognized as property. Popular sovereignty was deserted. The future of slavery in America at first, seemed as if it were going to remain an institution, but as time passed, it would be prohibited in the United States. Overall, the Dred Scott decision added fuel to the bitter sectional controversy, thus widening the political and social gap between North and South, and pushing the nation along the road to civil war.
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