History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 1999 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Courts Below
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The idea
A jury found Scott, his wife and their two children free, and Missouri's Superior Court reversed that verdict on appeal.
In practice
Scott becoming the property of John Sanford of New York, misspelled Sandford in the case documents.
Where people slip
He lost in federal court in eighteen fifty-four and appealed to the Supreme Court, which is how a Missouri freedom suit became a national ruling.
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