Dred+Scott+vs.+Sanford

=media type="custom" key="3546020"Dred Scott vs. Sanford (Mr. Rieck) = This case is about a young slave named Dred Scott whom sued for his freedom. He sued a man named John F. Sanford beacuse he thought that since he was in a free state he should be free but his owner still owned him and treated him brutally. In the case, major questions were: Was Dred Scott a citizen of the U.S.? Was Dred Scott free as a result of having in territory where slavery was outlawed by the Missouri Compromise? The amendment that overuled this case was the 14th and 13th. The vote was 7-2 on Friday March 6, 1857. Under articles III and IV of the Constitution, no one could be a citizen of the state of they weren't citizens of the U.S. No One that was an American slave had ever been a citizen because of article III of the Constitiution.