Thompson, Gale. "'Black History-Dred Scott"- United States, 2005.
The article I read was about Dred Scott and how he was born in South Hampton, Virginia in 1795. His first original name was "Sam". He was a farmhand, and a handy man. He later moved to Huntsville, Alabama and then St. Louis Missouri. In 1831, his owner Peter Blow died, and a surgeon for the United States military, John Emerson later bought and enslaved him. He moved with John into Illinois than Wisconsin. In 1836, he Dred was allowed to marry which he did. Then in 1848, he changed his name from Sam to Dred Scott. Many of times Dred Scott tried to run away but was always unsuccessful. When John Emerson died, he left his widow Irene Emerson in charge of Dred. She too refused to let him free. He then found two attorneys who helped him sue for his freedom in county court. He lost the first trial but the second trial he won.
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You were on the right track with yur first 2 annotations. I want more analysis, more of a summary, and you need to start researching the "BIG ideas"...
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/scott/impact.html
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