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1795-1800
Dred Scott was born a slave in Virgina between 1795-1800 -
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Dred Scott
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1810
Grew up with his mother. -
1830
He was taken from his home to Missouri purchased by an Army Major John Emerson Stationed outside St. Louis -
1836
Emerson let him marry which slaves were not allowed to have outside contact. -
1837
In 1837 the army ordered Emerson to Jefferson Barracks Military Post. Which he left Scott & Scott’s wife behind. Soon after Scott was reassingned to to Fort Jessup, Louisana. -
1853
Which Emersons wife had lived. There she sold him out after her husbands death. In 1853 he tried to sue in the federal supreme court. -
1856
Then the Supreme Courts Decision was handed down on March 6, 1857 the Court first had to decide whether it had jurisdiction.