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6th March 1857: The US Supreme Court makes its ruling in the Dred Scott case
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:50
Publish Date: 2018-03-05 21:05:15
Description: Dred Scott was a slave owned by John Emerson, an army surgeon from the slave state of Missouri. Emerson took Scott with him when he moved to the free state of Illinois in 1834, and to the free Territory of Wisconsin in 1836. Emerson died in 1843 and his widow, Irene, inherited Scott and his wife and child. Scott later attempted to buy his family’s freedom by offering Irene $300 but she refused. In response the Scotts sued for freedom, with legal advisors arguing that their residence in a free state and a free territory meant they must have been ...
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