The case before the court was that of Dred Scott v. Sanford ... had appealed to the Supreme Court in hopes of being granted his freedom. Taney -- a staunch supporter of slavery and intent on ...

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.

great granddaughter to Scott, it gives me an obligation and a responsibility, perhaps, to share how important he was and what ...

While it was a courthouse, the building saw many important cases, though none so big as the Dred Scott trial of 1847. Scott, a slave, filed suit for his and his wife, Harriet’s, freedom ...