Dred and Harriet Scott

DRED AND HARRIET SCOTT FILED SUIT
FOR THEIR FREEDOM AT THIS
COURTHOUSE IN 1846. THEIR CASE
REACHED THE UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT AND WAS DECIDED IN 1857. THE
COURT RULED THAT THE SCOTTS AND
ALL AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE NOT
CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.
OPPOSITION TO THE DECISION WAS ONE
OF THE CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR AND
LED TO THE THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH,
AND FIFTEENTH AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION. THE SCOTTS' STRUGGLE
FOR FREEDOM STANDS AS A DEINING
MOMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
DEDICATED JUNE 8, 2012
GIFT OF THE
DRED SCOTT HERITAGE FOUNDATION
HARRY WEBER, SCULPTOR

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