The home of Roswell Field, at 634 South Broadway, a lawyer in St. Louis who prepared the federal-court appeals for Dred and Harriet Scott. Field's son, future poet Eugene Field, was born there in ...

While living in the home, Roswell became the key attorney in the Dred and Harriet Scott Freedom Suit. Roswell formed a legal strategy that got the case to a federal court.

Dred Scott case: the Supreme Court decision 1857: Resource Bank Contents: Click here for the text of this historical document. In March of 1857, the United States Supreme Court, led by Chief ...

The Dred Scott Case. Share full article. Dec. 25, 1856. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from December 25, 1856, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on ...

What the Dred Scott Case Decided, and what it did not Decide. Share full article Share free access. July 16, 1857. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

Museums, universities and civic groups in St. Louis are holding events over several months to mark the 150th anniversary of the Dred Scott case. Here are some highlights.

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The discussion of Dred Scott also prompted Anastasia Boden and Elizabeth Slattery at the "Dissed" podcast to produce an excellent episode on the case, "Your Obedient Servant, B.R. Curtis." ...

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Scott sued in 1847 seeking freedom for himself, his wife and their daughters. The case reached the Supreme Court in 1857. Taney's majority opinion that said no black people could ever be U.S ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Tim O'Neil Mar 6, 2019 Mar 6, 2019 0 ST. LOUIS • When Dred and Harriet Scott brought their petition for freedom to the ...

Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case was finally brought before the United States Supreme Court.