Read the quotation.

[t]he legislation and histories of the times, and the language used in the declaration of independence, show, that neither the class of persons who had been imported as slaves, nor their descendants, whether they had become free or not, were then acknowledged as a part of the people.

— dred scott v. sandford, 1857

this quotation from the supreme court ruling in the scott v. sandford case relates to the

lack of citizenship for free or enslaved african americans.

practice of importing enslaved workers from africa.

practice of relocating from a slave state to a free state.

right of an owner to retain his or her property.