What Was the Main Issue in the Dred Scott Case

question 77

Multiple Choice

What was the main issue in the Dred Scott case?

• A) whether all slaves should be free or not
• B) whether a slave taken into free territory was free
• C) whether a slave woman could be legally raped by a white man
• D) whether the abolitionists could continue to use mass mailings as a major strategy

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