Dred Scott
E181548
Dred Scott was an enslaved African American man whose unsuccessful lawsuit for freedom led to the infamous 1857 Supreme Court decision denying citizenship and rights to Black people in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dred Scott canonical | 10 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
ⓘ
enslaved person ⓘ person ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Dred Scott v. Sandford plaintiff ⓘ |
| associatedWithDecision |
Dred Scott v. Sandford
ⓘ
surface form:
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
|
| birthPlace |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Virginia ⓘ |
| birthYear | c. 1799 ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis
|
| causeOfDeath | tuberculosis ⓘ |
| citizenshipDeniedBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatusInDecision | not a citizen of the United States ⓘ |
| claimedResidenceIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
Wisconsin Territory ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deathYear | 1858 ⓘ |
| decisionCharacterization | infamous Supreme Court decision ⓘ |
| decisionYear | 1857 ⓘ |
| enslavedStatus | enslaved ⓘ |
| enslaver | John Emerson ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| filedLawsuitFor | freedom from slavery ⓘ |
| freedomGrantedBy | Blow family ⓘ |
| freedomGrantedYear | 1857 ⓘ |
| freedomSuitType | freedom suit ⓘ |
| fullName | Dred Scott self-link ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | central figure in landmark U.S. Supreme Court case on slavery and citizenship ⓘ |
| impactOn |
expansion of slavery into western territories
ⓘ
rights of Black people in the United States ⓘ sectional tensions before the American Civil War ⓘ |
| laterEnslaver |
Irene Emerson
ⓘ
John F. A. Sandford ⓘ |
| legacy |
case later effectively overturned by the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
ⓘ
symbol of denial of civil rights to African Americans ⓘ |
| legalArgument | residence in free territory made him free ⓘ |
| legalCaseAppealedTo | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| legalCaseFiledYear | 1846 ⓘ |
| legalCaseJurisdiction |
Missouri judiciary
ⓘ
surface form:
Missouri state courts
|
| legalIssue |
citizenship of African Americans in the United States
ⓘ
constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise ⓘ status of enslaved persons taken into free territories ⓘ |
| plaintiffIn | Dred Scott v. Sandford ⓘ |
| prefiguredBy | earlier Missouri freedom suits ⓘ |
| raceAsConsideredByCourt | Black ⓘ |
| relatedToEvent |
American Civil War
ⓘ
surface form:
American Civil War (as a contributing cause)
|
| representedBy | abolitionist lawyers ⓘ |
| spouse | Harriet Scott ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Old Courthouse (St. Louis)
subject surface form:
Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis)