Question

Explain what happened to Dred Scott & what the court ruled.

Answer 1

Taney dictaminó que Cualquier persona descendiente de africanos, ya sea esclava o libre, no es ciudadana de los Estados Unidos, de acuerdo con la Constitución. La Ordenanza de 1787 no podía conferir ni libertad ni ciudadanía dentro del Territorio del Noroeste a individuos no blancos.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Sandford, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857, ruled (7–2) that a slave Dred Scott who had resided in a free state and territory where slavery was prohibited was not thereby entitled to his freedom that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States