Most people don’t know who Dred Scott is and what he did but, he was very important in showing the North that they couldn't trust anyone. This is important because it’s one of the reasons why we had the civil war and for this reason it’s significant that we learn who Dred Scott is and what he did. The author, Gregory J. Wallance, of Dred Scott Decision: The Lawsuit That Started The Civil War is demonstrating what lead to this case and why it was one of the reasons that the Civil War started. Mr.Wallance demonstrates this by going into depth about what happened before the case, during the case, and after the case and how it affected the United States. Years prior to the case happening Scott was owned by the Blow family who lived in Virginia.
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Scott didn’t stop pursuing his freedom and appealed the case to the Supreme Court and it was heard in 1855 and it was heard again in 1856. The year 1856 was hard because slavery was now being talked about more and a lot of events were occurring. An example of this would be the conflict that occurred in Kansas called the “Bleeding Kansas” and the day after this an abolitionist Senator was beaten half to death by a Southern Senator. Furthermore two days after all of this happened John Brown killed five slave owners. With all of this going on, plus a family tragedy, the Judge that Scott and his lawyers were hoping would vote in their favor did not. Furthermore, one of the judges was persuaded to vote against Scott by the president. When the Judge read the outcome he said that as a result of Scott being black he was not able to sue the federal court because he was not a citizen. He also said that Congress could not bar slavery in the territories because black people are property and Congress has to protect property not take it away. By doing this he was making the Missouri Compromise void. All of this cause issues in the country because the North was furious with the ruling and the South said that the North needed to calm down or else there would be disunity in the …show more content…
Wallance was able to prove that this case helped the Civil War start because it cause a lot of issues in the North when the verdict was read. He proved this because as stated above by explaining what happened before the case started he was able to lay a foundation of why the case was pursued and it made the readers understand who was Dred Scott as as a person. Also, when he explained what happened during the case he demonstrated what was going in the nation and how this affected Scott’s hearings. Finally by writing about what happened when the ruling was read he was able to establish why this case was one of the reasons why the Civil War happened. The reason why was because without this case the North would have still trusted the government and they would not have started to believe that there was a conspiracy against the North.All in all Mr. Wallance was able to demonstrate his point because he showed how this case lead to the Civil
Scott didn’t stop pursuing his freedom and appealed the case to the Supreme Court and it was heard in 1855 and it was heard again in 1856. The year 1856 was hard because slavery was now being talked about more and a lot of events were occurring. An example of this would be the conflict that occurred in Kansas called the “Bleeding Kansas” and the day after this an abolitionist Senator was beaten half to death by a Southern Senator. Furthermore two days after all of this happened John Brown killed five slave owners. With all of this going on, plus a family tragedy, the Judge that Scott and his lawyers were hoping would vote in their favor did not. Furthermore, one of the judges was persuaded to vote against Scott by the president. When the Judge read the outcome he said that as a result of Scott being black he was not able to sue the federal court because he was not a citizen. He also said that Congress could not bar slavery in the territories because black people are property and Congress has to protect property not take it away. By doing this he was making the Missouri Compromise void. All of this cause issues in the country because the North was furious with the ruling and the South said that the North needed to calm down or else there would be disunity in the …show more content…
Wallance was able to prove that this case helped the Civil War start because it cause a lot of issues in the North when the verdict was read. He proved this because as stated above by explaining what happened before the case started he was able to lay a foundation of why the case was pursued and it made the readers understand who was Dred Scott as as a person. Also, when he explained what happened during the case he demonstrated what was going in the nation and how this affected Scott’s hearings. Finally by writing about what happened when the ruling was read he was able to establish why this case was one of the reasons why the Civil War happened. The reason why was because without this case the North would have still trusted the government and they would not have started to believe that there was a conspiracy against the North.All in all Mr. Wallance was able to demonstrate his point because he showed how this case lead to the Civil