Dred Scott v Sanford
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- At the Second African Baptist Church
- Well, there's a law called the MIssouri Compromise which says that it illegal to own slaves west of the Mississippi and north of the sourthern border of Missouri.
- ...Our Master Emerson took us from New Orleans to Fort Snelling in the Wisconsin Territory.
- At Irene Emerson's house
- Yes. We should sue Miss Irene for our freedom.
- Dred! You won't believe what some lady at church told me! She said that there's a law called the MIssouri Compromise that says that its illegal to won slaves west of the Mississippi and north of the sourthern border of MIssouri! We're free!
- Back at the church
- I sure do. I know a lawyer named Francis Murdoch who would love to help you with your case.
- Pastor Anderson, do you know any lawyers that could help Harriet and I with our case?
- At the St. Louis courthouse
- The court has decided that the plaintiff is not a free man because he is unable to prove that he is owned by the defendant.
- Ms. Sanford has appealed the case to the Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City.
- We may be able to sue again in Missouri Circuit Court.
- At the Lawyer Murdoch's law firm
- At the Missouri Circuit Courthouse in St. Louis
- The jury has voted unanimously to give the plaintiff his freedom.
- Yes! My family is finally free!
- Later at the Lawyer Murdoch's law firm
- At the Missouri Supreme Courthouse in Jefferson City
- The court has decided that the plaintiff is not a free man.
- At Lawyer Murdoch's Office
- Ms. Sanford has handed ownership of you to her brother, John Sanford of New York. Because he lives in a different state, the only step we can take now is to appeal the case to Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
- At the Federal Supreme Court in Washington DC
- The court has decided in a 7-2 decision that the plaintiff cannot be a free man because the Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional and black people were never intended to be citizens under the Constitution.
- I'm sorry, but there is no other court you can go to.
- At Lawyer Murdoch's Office
- The End.
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