"On Being Brought from Africa to America""‘Twas mercy brought me from my pagan landTaught my benighted soul to understandThat there’s a God, that there’s a savior, too;Once I redemption neither sought nor knew. Some view our sable race with scornful eye,‘Their color is a diabolic lie.’Remember, Christians, Negroes black as CainMay be refined and join the angelic train."(1766, Phillis Wheatley)hippo

Which statement in the passage best reflects sumer's opinion of the dred scott decision? a."i speak what cannot be denied." b."[the] judgment was sustained by a falsification of history." b."the opinion was more thoroughly abominable than anything history." i speak what cannot be denied when i declare that the opinion of the chief justice in the case of dred scott was more thoroughly abominable than anything of the kind in the history of courts. judicial baseness reached its lowest point on that occasion. you have not forgotten that terrible decision where a most unrighteous judgment was sustained by a falsification of history. -charles sumner, 1865