Answer:
The ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford stated that slaves did not have a right to sue since they were not citizens, but were merely property.
Explanation:
Dred Scott v. Sandford was a Supreme Court ruling in 1857, depriving African Americans of federal legal capacity and allowing slavery in the federal territories.
Dred Scott, an African American slave, was taken to the Minnesota Territory, where Congress banned slavery, by his owner, John Sandford. He therefore sued him and demanded his freedom. He won in the lower courts, but the Supreme Court dismissed his case.
The ruling, written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, stated that African Americans could not be US citizens and therefore did not have federal legal capacity. The Court also found that the United States Congress did not have constitutional powers to regulate slavery in federal territories, therefore banninng the Missouri Compromise.
