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His first owner Peter Blow died in 1830s he was sold to an U.S army Docter John Emerson
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In 1836 Dred Scott fell in love with a slave of another army doctor 19-year-old Harriett Robinson.
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Dred Scott had two children, Eliza Scott and Lizzie Scott.
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In 1846, with the help of antislavery lawyers, Harriet and Dred Scott filed idividual lawsuits for their freedom in Missori state court in St.Louis.
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In 1846 Dred Scott made history by launching a legal battle to gain his freedom. That he had lived with Dr. Emerson in free territories.
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On March 6, 1857 the supreme court decision in Dred Scott was issued. Seven of the nine judges agreed with the outcome delivered by Chief Justice Roger Taney, who announced that slaves are not citizens of the United States, and therefore had no right to sue in federal courts.
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Dred Scott was granted freedom by the Blow family after Mrs. Emereson remarried and returned Dred Scott and his family back to them.
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Dred Scott died of tuberculosis on September 17, 1858