After the Supreme Court's decision, the former master's sons purchased Scott and his wife and set them free. Dred Scott died nine months later.

This Supreme Court decision attempted to settle the legal status of slaves in free territories to avert a civil war, but it provoked one instead. Dred Scott, who was born a slave in Missouri ...

The Equal Justice Initiative has released new research into Dred and Harriet Scott, who were enslaved and sued for their freedom, which led to a historic Supreme Court decision that was only ...