LAD #15

The Dred- Scott case was important to American history because it embodied the major issue of this time. Southern slave holding states had no problem with the morality of holding slaves because of their larger use for their economic system. While north held larger opposition on a moral level, said to be convient morality. When the case of Dred Scott was tried, it portrayed national oppinion of the situation. Robert Taney was the chief justice, and his court called the Taney court, held responsibility for this case. The case involved a slave moving from a slave state to a free state, if he is then allowed to be freed. In the end the decision was made that slaves were considered less than property, so this case could not even be tried, considering property could not go to court.