Select the results of the Dred Scott decision.

Dred Scott remained a slave.

The fugitive-slave law was declared unconstitutional.

A slave was ruled to be a noncitizen with no right to sue in federal court.

Freeing a slave against a master's wishes was ruled to be a violation of due process of law.

The Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional.

Proslavery people were alarmed.

The U. S. Constitution appeared to support slavery.

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Nathen Hancock

22 September, 13:42

Select the results of the Dred Scott decision.

Dred Scott remained a slave.

The fugitive-slave law was declared unconstitutional.

A slave was ruled to be a noncitizen with no right to sue in federal court.

Freeing a slave against a master's wishes was ruled to be a violation of due process of law.

The Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional.

Proslavery people were alarmed.

The U. S. Constitution appeared to support slavery.

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Daniela Spears · Answer 1

Dred Scott decision, formally Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sandford, legal case in which the U. S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857, ruled (7-2) that a slave (Dred Scott) who had resided in a free state and territory (where slavery was prohibited) was not thereby entitled to his freedom; that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States; and that the Missouri Compromise (1820),