Dred scott s biography facts

Dred Scott was an enslaved African-American who sued the United States for his freedom. His argument was that he had been living in Illinois with his wife and children for four years, and since slavery was illegal in the state, he should be free. His argument was unsuccessful, and he was forced back into slavery.

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This decision did not settle the issue of slavery as the Supreme Court had hoped but further divided the country.

Dred Scott in Slavery

Dred Scott was born into slavery in in Southhampton, Virginia.

In , Peter Blow and his family took six slaves to Alabama, where they failed at farming. The Blow family then moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where they ran a boarding house.

The slave Dred Scott was sold to Dr. John Emerson.

When Scott learned that he was being sold to Emerson and would be relocated to Illinois, he ran away.

He did not distance himself from his pursuer and hid from his master by hiding among other slaves.

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