Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case was finally brought before the United States Supreme Court.

FOX 2 continues its honoring of the Black History Series, reflecting on the stories of those who shaped the nation’s history. Lynne Jackson, the great-great-granddaughter of Dred Scott, is working to ...

A gifted slave whose name adorns the 19th century's most celebrated legal case, Dred Scott claimed that his temporary residence in a free state, Illinois, entitled him to freedom—after being ...