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Dred Scott Case, the (oh) and cocker(1) (iou)


Dred Scott Case, the (oh)



also the Dred Scott Decision
an important decision made by the US Supreme Court in 1857. The case was brought to the Supreme Court by a slave (=someone who is legally owned by another person) called Dred Scott. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court officially decided that Dred Scott, like Other slaves, could not be considered a citizen of the US. He also stated that Congress must not prevent any state from having slavery . These decisions made many people extremely angry, especially the abolitionists (=people who wanted to end slavery and make it illegal) and members of Congress, and the Dred Scott Case is considered one of the causes of the American Civil War .

cocker(1) (iou)



cocker noun1. Now dial.

A quiver for arrows. OE-ME.
A high laced boot; a kind of legging. LME.