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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Unit Test

Question 4 • CCPS Georgia Studies 8 (45.00900) YL IC

What was Scott’s argument for freedom?

Answer
A
Slavery was illegal in the North.
B
His enslaver had granted him freedom by taking him north.
C
When Scott lived on free soil, he became free.

Explanation

Scott argued that living in free territory made him free. His case relied on the idea that slavery could not be enforced where it was prohibited, so his time on free soil entitled him to freedom. Choice C states this argument.

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