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1799, Southampton County, VA.

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He was an enslaved African American who was sold to a doctor.

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When his slave owner died he sued for his freedom got help from his lawyers.  He also went to court because him and the doctor moved to Illinois which was a free state sine it was free he thought he would get his freedom since he lived on free land

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Since Dred Scott went to the supreme court sadly he did not become a citizen but although The Missouri Compromise made a latitude line that banned slavery North from that line. Northerners were mad at Southerners because of how bad they were treating slaves. This created conflict between the North and the south

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September 1858, 18, St Louis.

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Sued- institute a process in law against
Latitude- the angular distance North or South from the equator of a point on the Earth's surface
Enslaved- to make a slave

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He was married to Harriet Robinson and had two children Eliza Scott and Lizzie Scott