WASHINGTON D.C. Dred Scott is
property. According to our Supreme Court
and Chief Judge Roger Taney, Scott is no different than a draft horse, a cotton
gin, or a bale of cotton. Although his
owner, Dr. John Emerson, took Mr. Scott and his family (wife Harriett and their
two children) to live in two FREE
states, the law of those states was ignored. Scott and his family remain in chains. Two questions. “How will abolitionists react to this
decision?” The highest court in our Republic
has said black men and women who are slaves remain the property of their owners
NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE. The other
question is “Will Southern states now carry out their threat to secede?” Justice Taney has basically handed them the
candy store. Southern slave owners could
lead a parade of their slaves through the streets of Boston, sticking their tongues out at the
abolitionists. But will the
abolitionists whip out their knives and cut off their tongues?
