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Quotation from Dred Scott v. Sandford by Supreme Court of the United States
“Upon these considerations, it is the opinion of the court that the act of Congress which prohibited a citizen from holding and owning property of this kind in the territory of the United States north of the line therein mentioned, is not warranted by the Constitution, and is therefore void; and that neither Dred Scott himself, nor any of his family, were made free by being carried into this territory; even if they had been carried there by the owner, with the intention of becoming a permanent resident.”
Dred Scott v. Sandford, Opinion of the Court (Taney, C.J.) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
The Court's holding on the Missouri Compromise and on Scott's residence at Fort Snelling.
Citation: "Upon these considerations, it is the opinion of the court that the act of Congress which prohibited a citizen from holding and owning property of this kind in the territory of the United States north of the line therein mentioned, is not warranted by the Constitution, and is therefore void; and that neither Dred Scott himself, nor any of his family, were made free by being carried into this territory; even if they had been carried there by the owner, with the intention of becoming a permanent resident." — Supreme Court of the United States, Dred Scott v. Sandford, Opinion of the Court (Taney, C.J.) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id dred-scott-v-sandford-q4)
Portrait: TANEY, Roger B-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait), The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Public domain.
