In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled in part that
a. Dred Scott was no longer a slave after living in free-soil areas for five years.
b. as a black slave, Dred Scott was not a citizen and therefore could not legally sue in a federal court.
c. the three-fifths compromise was unconstitutional.
d. Congress had no power to ban the international slave trade.
e. only free blacks had civil rights.
b
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