Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom ... In an 1850 retrial, the the St Louis circuit court ruled that Scott and his family were free. Two years later the Missouri Supreme Court ...

Twitted on all sides for his wife’s ownership of slaves, Chaffee soon fixed up a technical transfer of the Dred Scott family to his wife’s New York brother, John Sandford, who thus became the ...

In 1850, Dred and Harriet won their case for freedom, but an appeal reversed the decision in 1852, making Scott and his family slaves again. Scott was finally freed, but not through a court case.

that the judges of the Supreme Court have come to a decision in the case of DRED SCOTT, which involves the consitutionality of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. View Full Article in Timesmachine ...

The plaintiff [Dred Scott]... was, with his wife and children ... States for [Missouri], to assert the title of himself and his family to freedom. The declaration is . . . that he and the ...