Dred Scott's descendant to be presented with historical documents

St. Louis City's first African-American Recorder of Deeds Michael Butler will give replicas of Dred and Harriet Scott's documents to their ...

A descendant of Dred Scott will receive some special documents on Wednesday. St. Louis News: FOX 2 covers news, weather, and sports in ...

St. Louis gives documents to Dred and Harriet Scott's descendant

St. Louis gives restored historical papers to descendant of Dred and Harriet Scott ... Lynne Jackson, founder of the Dred Scott Heritage ...

Dred Scott descendant tells personal story of the family behind the ...

Jackson also gave a presentation at Metro's South Campus as part of the college's Black. History Month programming. Jackson said the story was passed down ...

Lynne Jackson and the Story of Her Ancestor, Dred Scott

Lynne M. Jackson, founder and president of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation, and one of the keynote speakers at the 2024 RootsTech conference, ...

Dred Scott's descendant to be presented with historical documents

Dred Scott's descendant to be presented with historical documents. Toggle header content ... A descendant of Dred Scott will receive some special documents on ...

Dred Scott Descendant Lynne M. Jackson On Honoring Family ...

Dred Scott Descendant Lynne M. Jackson On Honoring Family Legacy And Learning From The Past. St. Louis Public Radio. Published June 18, ...

Descendants | Dred Scott Lives

In July, 2018, Dred Scott Presents: Sons and Daughters of Reconciliation presented for the National Judicial College. It is the nation's most influential ...

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) - National Archives

The Scotts' freedom could be established on the grounds that they had been held in bondage for extended periods in a free territory and were ...

Missouri Digital Heritage: Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857

The petition that Dred Scott signed indicated the reasons he felt he was entitled to freedom. Scott's owner, Dr. John Emerson, was a United States Army surgeon ...

Reconciliation | Dred Scott Lives

On September 30, 2023 Dred Scott received a new memorial monument. It was for the occasion of the 165th anniversary of his death which was ...

RootsTech: Dred Scott descendant talks unity and family history

Lynne M. Jackson is the great-great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott, who were denied their freedom by the Supreme Court in 1857.

Dred Scott case revisited - Washington University in St. Louis

The Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis was the site of the first two trials of the Dred Scott case in 1847 and 1850. Slaves Scott and his wife ...

Dred Scott - HistoryNet

Dred Scott Decision summary: Dred Scott was a slave who sought his freedom through the American legal system. The 1857 decision by the United States Supreme ...

Africans in America/Part 4/Dred Scott case - PBS

The plaintiff [Dred Scott]... was, with his wife and children, held as slaves by the defendant [Sanford], in the State of Missouri; and he brought this action ...

Excerpts from majority opinion of U.S. Supreme Court in Dred Scott v ...

Second, slaves were property, the same as any other, so by prohibiting slavery north of the 36'30? line, the Missouri Compromise of 1820 violated citizens' ...

Dred Scott - Equal Justice Initiative

In the spring of 1846, Dred Scott and his wife Harriet Robinson Scott thought they had a chance at freedom. They lived in Missouri, a “slave state,”

The Dred Scott Case: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on ...

Amy, Chief Justice Roger Taney was asked to rule on a claim by a Virginia slave owner that it was a violation of the Fifth Amendment to send his slave to prison ...

THE DRED SCOTT DECISION

THE DRED SCOTT. DECISION. Dred Scott (Photo courtesy Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis). Page 2. BACKGROUND. D red Scott was an African American slave who ...

Dred Scott - SHSMO Historic Missourians

Dred Scott was a man born into slavery who tried many times, but failed, to gain his freedom through the Missouri courts. When his case reached the U.S. ...