Images from the Life of Dred Scott

This is Dred Scott.

Dred Scott, his wife Harriett, and their two daughters.

Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri

Ft. Armstrong, Illinois

Ft. Snelling, Wisconsin Territory

The Old Courthouse in St The Old Courthouse in St. Louis where the Circuit Court and the Missouri Supreme Court heard the Scotts’ cases.

The U.S. Supreme Court chamber as it would have looked in 1857.

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote the opinion that stated Dred Scott was not a citizen of the United States according to the U.S. Constitution.

Photos courtesy of the Library of Congress and the National Park Service.