Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom ... in 1830, to St. Louis, Missouri. Two years later Peter Blow died; Scott was subsequently bought by army surgeon Dr. John Emerson, who ...

ST. LOUIS – A huge piece of history sits right in downtown St. Louis, and even more emphasis has been placed on preserving the stories that played out at the old courthouse. Dred and Harriet ...

Into this atmosphere came for decision the Dred Scott case, started in a federal district court in Missouri while the Kansas-Nebraska Act was winging its way through Congress, but dealing with ...

Dred Scott, who was born a slave in Missouri, traveled with his master to the free territory of Illinois. As a result, Scott later sued his master for freedom, which the lower courts usually granted.

Missouri AG Andrew Bailey defended Trump's opening volley of executive orders, saying he within his rights to end birthright citizenship and to pause appropriations funding.

Of course, quite unlike Dred Scott, Dobbs did no such thing ... The ruling purported to invalidate the Missouri Compromise of 1820. It was touted by the aging, Pennsylvania-born Democrat in ...

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 kept an uneasy ... the Republican Party with the political aim of opposing slavery Dred Scott was an enslaved people who had lived with his "owner" in a free ...

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey defended ... Court inflicted on the United States of America in the form of the Dred Scott decision," Bailey said. "Again, the 14th Amendment was intended ...