What did the court ruling in the Dred Scott case make clear about black people’s access to the American legal system?
b) Free black people could only exercise legal rights if they could prove they were not fugitives.
c) All black people in the United States possessed legal rights that were being ignored at the state and local level.
d) Free black people in the United States had clearly defined citizenship rights that were only being violated only by private citizens such as plantation owners.
Answer: a
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