Dredd Scott V Sanford. The court first decided that people of african descent were not citizens as defined by the constitution. Dred scott was a slave who moved to a free state with the consent of his then master (emerson).

One, that sandford had assaulted the plaintiff; Sandford, entered the missouri legal system in 1846. The court first decided that people of african descent were not citizens as defined by the constitution.

Dred Scott V Sandford 1857. That african americans were not and could never be citizens of the united states; The holding of dred scott v.

After returning to missouri, scott filed suit in missouri court for his freedom, claiming that his residence in free territory made him a free man. From 1833 to 1843, he resided in illinois (a free state) and in the louisiana territory, where slavery was forbidden by the missouri compromise of 1820. However, the facts that gave rise to dred scott are not well understood.