1. Dred Scott
By :mina 5B

2. "a man is not a man, until that man, finds a plan, a plan to make that man, a new man." ~Dred Scott

3. Introduction: Did you know that: Ignatius Sancho? Or do you know Dred
Do you know Olaudah Equiano? or
Ignatius Sancho? Or
do you know Dred
Scott better? He did
so many special things.
But don’t worry, next,
I will bring you to
travel into 1799.
Did you know that:
Abraham Lincoln
Spoke for Dred Scott?

4. Who is he? Born: 1799 in Southampton Virginia .
Died: 1858 in St Louis, Missouri.
Property to the peter blow
family. The Blow family soon settled
in Huntsville doing Farming and
he was soled to
Dr. Emerson,
the soldiers.
Dred was actually Named Sam, but after his brother Dred died, he was named Dred.

5. Family and life: In 1832, Dred Scott met a
slave named Harriet Robinson,
owned by Lawrence Taliaferro,
an army officer from Virginia.
He allowed them to marry and
gave the female’s slave owner
Ship to Dr. Emerson so they
could be together, in 1838,they had
Lizzie,t hen Dr. Emerson married Eliza Irene,
then died ,And when Scotts family tried to
purchase freedom, she refused.
They actually should’ve
had 2 more sons but
died.

6. What he did:
Having failed to purchase freedom 1846,
he filed legal suit in St Louis circuit courthouse Through Help of a local lawyer.1847 in federal
state courthouse in St Louis, the judgment was against Dred, but the judge called a retrial.
1850 Scott’s family was granted freedom.

7. Timeline 1836 married Harriet 1843 Emerson died 1846 filed legal suit
1799 born
1850 granted
freedom
1830 soled to Emerson
had 2 girls
1846 purchase of freedom
failed

8. Time line(2) In 28 years of legal precedent, Scotts have
sued for freedom, but Justice Hamilton R.
gamble, who was later appointed governor of
the state disagreed, so the Scotts were sent
back to their owner.

9. After life… After freed Scott went to work as a
 porter in St. Louis. His freedom was short
-lived. About 17 months later, he died from
 tuberculosis in September 1858.Scott was
survived by his wife and his two daughters.

10. Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott