Which statement best characterizes Sumner’s opinion of the Dred Scott decision?

Sumner was a prominent antislavery senator who fiercely denounced the Dred Scott decision, which ruled that Black people could not be U.S. citizens and limited Congress’s power to restrict slavery in the territories. He treated it as a profoundly unjust and notorious ruling, not one he respected despite disagreement. Therefore, the best characterization is that he thought it was one of the worst decisions in history.

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