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The Dred Scott Decision

By: Christina Evans and Annamarie Rose

History in the making

Free Once Again

°Returned to St. Louis

°When Dr. Emerson died, Scott sued the family for his freedom on the grounds that since he was working on free territory, he is a free slave

Slave Life

May 26, 1857

Taylor Blow went back to court and formally granted Dred Scott, his wife Harriet and their two daughters, Lizzie and Eliza free.

Scott died the following year to TB and his wife two years later.

Ending Decision

°Dr. Emerson's land was on free soil however Dred remained a slave

°When Emerson was deployed, he would take Scott with him to work as his servant.

°Upon the arrivals of Rock Island and Fort Snelling, Scott was technically free because the land was free under the Missouri Compromise

Who is Dred Scott?

°Congress cannot create laws on slavery in territories

°Black people, freed or enslaved, are not citizens

°Slaves are not allowed to sue in court because they are not citizens

°Dred Scott, regardless of now living on free soil, was still under the ownership of Blow’s children

°Therefore, Scott stayed enslaved

°Original name was Sam, but changed it to Dred after his brother died

°Born a Virginian Slave to Peter Blow and his family

°After Peter died, the Blow plantation started to fail and the family had no choice but to sell Dred to Dr. John Emerson, an army surgeon.

Where, oh where did Dred Scott go?

Bibliography

In Court: Scott vs Sanford

For Snelling

Rock Island

Started Here

The Blow Family

-Give Me Liberty by Eric Foner

-Missouri digital archives:

http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/africanamerican/scott/scott.asp

-ourgovernments.gov:

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/print_friendly.php?flash=true&page=transcript&doc=29&title=Transcript+of+Dred+Scott+v.+Sanford+(1857)

-Dred Scott mock trial script:

http://www.nps.gov/jeff/forteachers/upload/dred4.pdf

-historynet.com

°The process began in March of 1846

°A jury of 12 white men, a circuit court judge ruled him free

°Scott made two attempts to make it to court and to win his trial being successful his second time

°Two years later, the Supreme Court reversed

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