WHENS MY REVOLUTION!

In the year 1846 Dred Scott and his wife filed for a case to be free in the St.Louis Circut Case
The case was dragged out 11 years and eventually made it to the United States Supreme Court In 1857. The chief justice of the supreme court at time was a former slave owner (so i can imagine this was an automatic classic case of majority/ignorant rules against slaves). The case was lost because 7 of the 9 justices on the supreme court concluded that any slave or any descendant of a slave you were not a United States citizen. No matter if you were born here, worked here, lived here, you just couldn't even become a citizen. Therefore since he wasn't a certified United States Citizen he couldn't sue or be free. He had to remain a slave.

what precedents were set? From my understanding of the word the only precedent from this case is probably the fact that it wasn't a law that a slave wasn't a citizen but the justices conveniently declared that they couldn't be citizens. If they hadn't declared that he would have had a better chance of winning the case or coming to a compromising conclusion.

The case was impacting back then because it sparked conflicts between the North (free states) and the South (slave states) right before the civil war in 1861. I dont think the Dred Scott Case allowed for cases such as Brown v. Board of education to happen. I mean it would make sense because black people would know our cases can go to the supreme court and we do matter, However i dont believe a lot of people knew about Dred Scott because thats something the school districts and the government would have held away from everybody. i could be wrong because thats an opinion not a fact.

I believe the Dred Scott case had a big impact on today because just as Fredrick Douglas believed it was a huge way to bring the issue of slavery to the attention of our nation and was a big step to the abolition of slavery in the states. It also showed a enormous amount of determination and passion that the slaves were capable of. Even though Dred Scott did not win this case, it showcased that if at first you don't succeed dust yourself off and try again. The Dred Scott case was lucky to even make it to the supreme court because he was black and not considered a citizen so the fact that they let him try for the case proved that with in time future cases would be won.