Dred Scott V. Stanford
by Elyssa Hodge
Dred Scott V. Stanford was a court case concerning an African American man (the plaintiff) and Stanford. Stanford, the defendant, (a citizen of New York) pleaded that Scott was not a citizen of The State of Missouri (the plaintiff was of African decent). The plea denied the right of the plaintiff to sue in a court of the United States. The question was can a negro become a member of the political community, and have the same privileges and rights as a citizen of the US. Negros have no rights unless it is the choice of the government to grant them. Whether they have rights or not varied between states. The founding fathers in the US constitution would have stated clearly if Negros were aloud rights, therefore the court concluded that they were never intended to have any rights. Negros are treated as merchandise and therefore have no rights. The plaintiff was in error so they decided in Stanford’s stead.
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