The slavery debate in the South was raging in the late 1850s. The famous Dred Scott case embodied both the pro-slavery and abolitionist movements in the North and South sections of the United States. Many intelligent Americans were informed of the Dred Scott Case, and its implications for the future of expansion and the future of slavery in the United States. It was stated that the decision belonged fully to the Supreme Court Chief Justice Taney. His decision was wildly argued over and he got a lot of personal dislike from the people. He did not expect blacks to be able to be a part of the American political community, including both slaves and free blacks in the same category. With this assumption that Scott was never a full citizen of the United States, Taney was able to declare that he should not be allowed to sue in Federal Court at all. He says that the Constitution does not differentiate between slaves and other property, and thus Dred Scott is still a slave even after being relocated to the Missouri territory.
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