Dred Scott descendant shares journey at Black history

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Descendant of Dred and Harriet Scott shares journey at St. Louis County Black history event. Attendees will be able to explore an exhibit that ...

Taney, Dred Scott families reconcile 160 years after decision

Her ancestor Roger B. Taney was the U.S. Supreme Court chief justice who wrote the Dred Scott decision, issued March 6, 1857, that ruled ...

Interview with Dred and Harriet Scott's descendent Lynne Jackson

New monuments marking Dred and Harriet Scott' gravesites are part of efforts to raise greater awareness of the stories of enslaved St.

Lynne Jackson and the Story of Her Ancestor, Dred Scott

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

Descendant Of Dred Scott Family Shares Story of Freedom Lawsuit

A descendant of the couple who sued in the Dred Scott decision spoke to attendees at a Black history event in St. Louis about her family's ...

Dred Scott's descendant to be presented with historical documents

In 1846, slaves Dred and Harriet Scott sued to gain their freedom. The case was tried in St. Louis. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that slaves ...

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talks with a descendant of Dred and Harriet Scott who is sharing her journey at an exhibit that will delve into the lives of those that resisted ...

Blow Family | Dred Scott Lives

He was a member of Dred Scott Presents: Sons and Daughters of Reconciliation and a staunch and devoted supporter of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation along ...

Dred Scott descendant Lynne M. Jackson tells RootsTech audience ...

... journey of researching, commemorating and making peace with her family history Lynne M ... Black lives bless our lives is to tell story of ...

The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation

Lynne Jackson was the keynote speaker and had the honor of sharing the Dred Scott stories with three historical descendant groups. Board member Yvette Goods ...

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

Jackson created the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation in 2006 as a way to honor her family's legacy and to ensure that their story would continue ...

Reconciliation and commemoration: Dred Scott's descendant tells ...

Dred and Harriet Scott were enslaved people who initially sought to buy their freedom for $300 from their enslaver's widow. After the widow ...

Racial Healing at Epicenter of Slavery Unites Descendants of Dred ...

Among the group were some out-of-town guests with a special history. Lynne Jackson is a descendant of Dred Scott, a slave who notably sued the ...

Descendant of judge who wrote infamous Dred Scott decision pens ...

It was Taney who ruled that African Americans could not be citizens as part of the infamous Dred Scott decision, named after an enslaved man who ...

Descendants of Dred Scott, Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney ...

Taney is a descendant of Chief Justice Roger Taney, who denied Scott and all other African Americans citizenship with the 1857 decision. The ...

News & media - Dred Scott Lives

... Dred and Harriet Scott shares journey at St. Louis County Black history eventFebruary ... Descendant of Dred and Harriet Scott shares journey at St. Louis ...

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 Descendants Meet Justice Taney's

Charlie Taney, Pete's brother, repeated some of the words his great-great-grand-uncle wrote in the U.S. Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision 160 ...

Descendants of Dred Scott, Roger Taney attend reconciliation event ...

... black slaves — Lynne Jackson set out to find the family of the man that issued the ruling. States away, Kate T. Billingsley, a descendant of ...

Descendant of Dred Scott to Speak at Lincoln University of Missouri

Scott's great-great grandfather was the namesake for the United States Supreme Court Case Dred Scott V. John F.A. Sanford (1857), commonly known ...