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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Dred Scott and the Slavery Debate

Question 4 • RS AZ-US History A

What was Scott’s argument for freedom?

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

Explanation

Scott argued that living in a place where slavery was prohibited made him free. He had lived with his enslaver in free territory, so he claimed that his time on free soil changed his legal status. The correct choice is “When Scott lived on free soil, he became free.”

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