Dred Scott was a former slave suing for his freedom because his owner moved him to live in Illinois and Wisconsin, which were a free state and territiory. The court ruled that Scott had no legal right as a slave to sue in federal court.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM7onFP9vUQ Dred Scott Video
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/dred.htm Dred Scott Court Case
Impacts from Dred Scotts court case:
1. made tensions between North and South worse
2. Southerners felt that the court had been correct and that they did not have to compromise with the North
3. Northerners were convinced that slavery was controlling all the branches of government
4. Court stated that Congress had no right to prohibit slavery in the territorie, since the Constitution safe guarder property rights and slaves were considered property.
1. made tensions between North and South worse
2. Southerners felt that the court had been correct and that they did not have to compromise with the North
3. Northerners were convinced that slavery was controlling all the branches of government
4. Court stated that Congress had no right to prohibit slavery in the territorie, since the Constitution safe guarder property rights and slaves were considered property.