Step-by-step explanation:
Dred Scott's verdict, technically Dred Scott v. John F.A. Sandford, in which the U.S. On March 6, 1857, the Supreme Court ruled (7-2) that a slave (Dred Scott) who lived in a free state and territory (where slavery was forbidden) was not entitled to his freedom; that African Americans were not and should never be U.S. citizens; and that the Missouri Compromise (1820), which proclaimed all lands west of Missouri and north of latitude 36 ° 30' free, The ruling added heat to the sectional conflict and brought the nation closer to civil war.