LAD #18

In the case of Dred Scott versus Sanford, Dred Scott felt his rights were being violated and that he should have the same rights as other American men. Because he was from Illinois, a free state, he believed that he in turn should also be free. He was up against his owner, a white landowner named Sanford. However, Justice of the Court Roger B. Taney believed that Sanford should be the winner of this argument because in the constitution it shows that slaves are property. Thus, Dred Scott had no right to sue this court because he had no citizenship and therefore was considered the rightful property of Sanford.