Dred and Harriet Scott Statue - St Louis MO
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nomadwillie
N 38° 37.528 W 090° 11.332
15S E 744720 N 4278964
Statue of Dred and Harriet Scott outside the Jefferson Expansion Musuem and Old Court House where they filed suit.
Waymark Code: WMP2H0
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2015
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Marker reads:
Dred abd Harriet Scott filed suit for their freedom at this courthouse in 1845. Their case reached the United States Supreme Court and was decided in 1857. The court ruled that the Scotts and all African Americans were not citizens of the United States. Oppositiion to the decision was one of the causes of the Civil War and led to the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth admendments to the Constitution. The Scotts struggle for freedom stands as a defining moment in the history of the Civil Rights Movement.
Dedicated June 8, 2012
Gift of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation
Barry Weber, Sculptor.
Civil Right Type: Race (includes U.S. Civil Rights movement)
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