What resulted from the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Scott v. Sandford case?

In Scott v. Sandford (1857), the Supreme Court ruled that Black people, whether enslaved or free, could not be U.S. citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories. The decision angered many Northerners and strengthened the abolitionist movement. It did not grant citizenship to enslaved people; the Court ruled the opposite.

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