Why were Northerners upset about the Dred Scott decision?

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Abolitionists were angered by the Dred Scott decision, which they considered a method for the Supreme Court to put an end to the debate about slavery in the territories Hence option B

<h3>What was Dred Scott's Decision?</h3>

The Dred Scott decision was a March 6, 1857 opinion by the United States Supreme Court that being in a free state or territory did not entitle an enslaved individual, Dred Scott, to his freedom. Scott, being someone's property, was not a citizen, and hence could not sue in federal court, according to the verdict.

So, in the aforementioned facts, northerners were disappointed with the Dred Scott verdicts since they said that slavery would become legal everywhere.

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