Use the excerpt from the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision to answer the question.

Which of the following is the most important and significant implication of the Supreme Court decision from which the excerpt is taken?

A.
Dred Scott’s appeal was denied, and he was forced to return to his master and slavery.

B.
The entire race of Africans in the country were described as not having the rights of citizens.

C.
The Supreme Court recognized Dred Scott’s right as a citizen to have his case heard in court.

D.
Slavery was upheld as a Constitutional right that did not require free states to support it.



Excerpt from the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision

4. A free negro of the African race, whose ancestors were brought to this country and sold as slaves, is not a "citizen" within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States.

5. When the Constitution was adopted, they were not regarded in any of the States as members of the community which constituted the State, and were nut numbered among its "people or citizen." Consequently, the special rights and immunities guarantied [sic] to citizens do not apply to them. And not being "citizens" within the meaning of the Constitution, they are not entitled to sue in that character in a court of the United States, and the Circuit Court has not jurisdiction in such a suit.

6. The only two clauses in the Constitution which point to this race, treat them as persons whom it was morally lawful to deal in as articles of property and to hold as slaves.