Life at this point was very difficult for everyone in America. In my opinion slaves were the ones who suffered the most. African Americans at the time had no power in any way unless they lived in the Northern part of America. Even then the court believed that being in free territory did not make a slave free. Dred scott had to find out this the hard way. His owner took him from the slave state of Missouri to free territory in Illinois and Wisconsin and back to Missouri. He went to the Supreme Court in hopes of receiving his freedom. According to them though Scott lacked any legal standing to sue in federal court because he was not, and could never be, a citizen. For the slaves in the South, life was all about hard work and no pay. Brave individuals like Harriet Tubman also known as “Moses” helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroads. But again although they escaped the South, they never always received freedom.
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