Following that, a new trial arose and Scott had won the case, but Emerson appealed. Not to shortly after Scott and his family were granted their freedom, the Missouri Supreme Court reversed saying that the Scott’s were slaves and they should have sued while they lived in a free state. Both Dred Scott who was 40, and his wife, who was 17 years old at the time, sued for their freedom in 1846, but did not go to trial until 1847. He later was sold to a slave owner by the name of Sanford. At the beginning, Scott had at first won the case, but it started to move on appeal to the state courts, the federal system and after 11 years, the Supreme Courts. With hesitation, the Supreme Court decided to hear Dred Scott vs. Sanford. Two northern justices had decided that they would argue Scott’ s freedom and the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise. Since Dred Scott and his family lived in a free state, but where still being treated as slaves, aroused the question, are they free or are they still slaves? Dred Scott believed that since he resided in a free state, that made him free. In Article four of the Constitution it states that any slave who
Following that, a new trial arose and Scott had won the case, but Emerson appealed. Not to shortly after Scott and his family were granted their freedom, the Missouri Supreme Court reversed saying that the Scott’s were slaves and they should have sued while they lived in a free state. Both Dred Scott who was 40, and his wife, who was 17 years old at the time, sued for their freedom in 1846, but did not go to trial until 1847. He later was sold to a slave owner by the name of Sanford. At the beginning, Scott had at first won the case, but it started to move on appeal to the state courts, the federal system and after 11 years, the Supreme Courts. With hesitation, the Supreme Court decided to hear Dred Scott vs. Sanford. Two northern justices had decided that they would argue Scott’ s freedom and the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise. Since Dred Scott and his family lived in a free state, but where still being treated as slaves, aroused the question, are they free or are they still slaves? Dred Scott believed that since he resided in a free state, that made him free. In Article four of the Constitution it states that any slave who