Scott, Dred

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Scott, Dred (c. 1795–1858)

US slave and plaintiff. In a historic test case, Scott sued for his freedom based on a five-year residence in free territories, but the Supreme Court ruled against him in 1857. Freed later that year, he became a hotel porter and a minor celebrity in St Louis.

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