Question

In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court decided

A. the Compromise of 1850 was illegal because it was illegal for Congress to deprive a slave owner of property (slaves) without the due process of law.
B. the Missouri Compromise was illegal because it was illegal for Congress to deprive a slave of his or her freedom if they lived in the South.
C. the Missouri Compromise was illegal because it was illegal for Congress to deprive a slave owner of property (slaves) without the due process of law.
D. the Missouri Compromise was illegal because it freed slaves in the slave states.v

Answer 1

The answer is D. Because since he was already a slave in the South when he moved up North with his owner to a free state he was still a slave because he was a slave already and it was up to the owner if he wanted to let his (property free)