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3. Why do you think Mrs. Emerson didn't give the Scotts their freedom herself?
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3. Why do you think Mrs. Emerson didn't give the Scotts their freedom herself?

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Maybe she couldn't afford it. The root issue of the tensions resulting from the Dred Scott decision was the rights of the individual.
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