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Dred Scott V Dred Scott Decision
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2,550 wordsThe road to Civil War, the bloodiest war in the history of the US, was long and was failed with many great disasters for American people. In 1857, the Dred Scott decision was made. Dred Scott was a slave and his owner took him in 1834 to Illinois, a free state. He then took Dred to Wisconsin Territory, where slavery was not allowed. His owner died and Dred Scott sued for his freedom on the fact that he stayed in a free state and a free territory so he should be free. The Supreme Court ruled that...
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