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Why did so many Northerners oppose the Dred Scott decision
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Why did so many Northerners oppose the Dred Scott decision

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they were concerned that laws prohibited slavery in the north might be overturned.

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Dred Scott moved to Illinois with his owner. When his owner died, he became a free man. The Congress decided that Scott could not file a lawsuit because he was a property and not a citizen of America.
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