2nd Annotation of Dred Scott

"The Dred Scott Decision." The History Place. Boston: Gavin,Philip, 1996.


The article that I have recently read was about Dred Scott, and how he moved to the free state of Illinois. For years he was living on free land. But his old owner came and took him back to a slave state which was Missouri. Once he arrived in the slave state he was no longer free. He had to work for his recent owner again with out pay and go along with his owner as his slave master. But by the year 1847, Dred Scott thought that he had the right to sue his owner for freedom. Which he decided to do.Once he sued for his freedom, he caught back up with his wife and kids, but could only stay in Illinois.
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This article was helpful to me because it gave me a little bit more information on Dred Scott's background. I think this article was a secondary source.