1. Dred Scott and John Brown Read and Notes (494 – 502)

2. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)  Get into groups of two or three.  Read through the Dred Scott case  After reading the case determine if Dred Scott should be given his freedom or remain a slave.  Why did you make this decision?  What way did the Supreme Court decide? Why?

3. Roger B. Taney’s Decision  Read the decision of Chief Justice Taney.  What did the Supreme Court decide?  Taney gives a few reasons for his decision what were they?  Fredrick Douglass said he was very optimistic…about what?

4. John Brown Early Life  Deeply Religious Home  Father, Abolitionist Bleeding Kansas  Pottawattamie, KS  Killed 5 Men Harper’s Ferry  Wanted to start a war against slavery  Robert E. Lee surrounds the arsenal and captures Brown

5. John Brown