Dred Scott
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Discipline:
Social Studies Subject:
African-American History


Dred Scott was born into slavery. He had SEVERAL whose owner Dr. John Emerson.Dr. John Emerson had SEVERAL slave with a slave named Harriet, he marries her. On the death of John Emerson slaves they deviennet his widows depriving them of all their malgrès right which is not legal. Dred Scott filed a complaint against her. But the Supreme Court denied given freedom. They returned to their owner that gives them the freedom shortly before Dred died.
Their Graves
1795 - birth in Virginia 1858 - death on 17th September
The tomb of Dred Scott there wrote "In memory of a simple man Have you wanted to be free." And that of Hariett there wrote "Your plea for equality WAS raised in obscurity, aim it in time Became the rallying cry of a people to abolish slavery Determined. Yours Was a strong seed planted in the pursuit of freedom rising."
Lasting Impact
It remains an important figure against the struggle for civil rights.
Citations
- "A man is a man, until that man finds a plan, a plan that makes that man, a new man
Dred Scott
Biography
Timeline
The Dred Scott Decision
Hariett Scott
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