Dred Scott had been enslaved for many years in Missouri later he moved with his owner, who was an army surgeon to Illinois, and then to Wisconsin territory, where slaves were not allowed after they return to Missouri Scott’s owner died. The owners wife took ownership of Scott, and eventually those rights transferred to her brother, John sanford anti-slavery lawyers helped Scott to file a lawsuit a legal case brought to settle a dispute between people or groups. Scott’s lawyers argued that because Scott had lived in a free territory he had become a free man use this passage to answer the question.
According to Dred Scott’s lawsuit, how had his rights been violated?
A) he had been forced to move his wheel to different places
B) he was not allowed to talk to a lawyer to prepare for his case
C) he was kept as a slave, even though he lived in a free territory
D) his ownership had been transferred without his agreement