Conflicts and Compromises Arise After Decision
Scott Made Headlines
This newspaper from the time of Dred Scott’s trial show just how much attention Scott was bringing to the topic of slavery in the wake of his Supreme Court case. The images within the newspaper show Scott and his wife, along with their two daughters, all with hopes of freedom from the Supreme Court. When they were not granted that freedom, stories were published all around about the family’s attempts. Because of this spread of news, attention was brought to the conflict over slavery in America.
Lincoln's Thoughts After the Decision
”I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the states, old as well as new, North as well as South.”
- President Abraham Lincoln during the Lincoln-Douglas Debate
This passage was spoken by Abraham Lincoln on June 16, 1858 in Illinois as Lincoln began his campaign for the state senate seat. This was the beginnings of the Lincoln -Douglas Debates. In these debates, one of the main topics that they debated was the Dred Scott Decision. Similar to the Dred Scott Decision, the speech that included this passage from Lincoln caused conflict because it was very radical for a man to be so up front about his views on slavery. Lincoln's speech was made only one year after the final ruling on the Dred Scott Decision, and had it come only a year earlier it would have been yet another reason for the court to have had a different verdict.
”I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the states, old as well as new, North as well as South.”
- President Abraham Lincoln during the Lincoln-Douglas Debate
This passage was spoken by Abraham Lincoln on June 16, 1858 in Illinois as Lincoln began his campaign for the state senate seat. This was the beginnings of the Lincoln -Douglas Debates. In these debates, one of the main topics that they debated was the Dred Scott Decision. Similar to the Dred Scott Decision, the speech that included this passage from Lincoln caused conflict because it was very radical for a man to be so up front about his views on slavery. Lincoln's speech was made only one year after the final ruling on the Dred Scott Decision, and had it come only a year earlier it would have been yet another reason for the court to have had a different verdict.
The 13th Amendment
“All persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”
This amendment was added to the constitution in 1865, after the Civil War, which was brought on by turmoil over slavery in the states. Although the Dred Scott Decision was not a direct cause of the thirteenth amendment, the Dred Scott Decision represents one of the important conflicts over slavery that led to such unrest and war. The Dred Scott Decision stirred up conflict, which brought more attention to the slavery debate. The 13th amendment was added to the Constitution, formally abolishing slavery in the United States.
“All persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”
This amendment was added to the constitution in 1865, after the Civil War, which was brought on by turmoil over slavery in the states. Although the Dred Scott Decision was not a direct cause of the thirteenth amendment, the Dred Scott Decision represents one of the important conflicts over slavery that led to such unrest and war. The Dred Scott Decision stirred up conflict, which brought more attention to the slavery debate. The 13th amendment was added to the Constitution, formally abolishing slavery in the United States.
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