The Republican Justices dissented from the Dred Scott decision :: Grand Old Partisan

In his inauguration address, Democrat President James Buchanan hinted that he had been tipped off that the Supreme Court would soon render a decision he believed would settle the question of slavery in the territories.  Two days later, on this day in 1857, the Supreme Court did indeed announce its infamous Dred Scott v. Sanford decision.

The slave, Dred Scott, having travelled in northern states, where he was free, was suing for his freedom after returning to Missouri.  The Justices had been wrestling with how a person could be a slave, then free, then a slave again depending where he was.

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