Scott was denied freedom by the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld a Missouri Supreme Court decision that Scott, who had been taken to free states, was not free because Black people were not considered citizens under the U.S. Constitution.
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- David Carson, Post-Dispatch
Dec. 8, 2022 - The Dred and Harriet Scott statue outside the Old Courthouse in downtown 最新杏吧原创.
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- Christian Gooden, Post-Dispatch
Sept. 25, 2023 - A new marker at the grave of Dred Scott, in Calvary Cemetery, a few days before it was officially dedicated.
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- Christian Gooden
聽April 1, 2021 - The grave marker for Dred Scott at Calvary Cemetery in 最新杏吧原创.
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- Post-Dispatch photo
A flag blows in the wind in front of a headstone for Harriet Scott, wife of Dred Scott, in 2009 at Greenwood Cemetery.
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- Christian Gooden, Post-Dispatch
June 8, 2012 - Attendees get their first look after the unveiling of the new Dred and Harriet Scott statue on the grounds of the Old Courthouse in downtown 最新杏吧原创.
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- Post-Dispatch photo
Aug. 13, 2017 - A group of local clergy speaks out against the racism, hatred, and violence that occurred in Charlottesville, Va. a few days earlier. They spoke from the steps of the Old Courthouse in downtown 最新杏吧原创. At left is the statue of Dred and Harriet Scott.聽
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- Post-Dispatch photo
June 14, 2016 - Rev. Ronnie Floyd, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, speaks on race as he invokes the historic Dred Scott decision while giving the president's address at America's Center on the first day of the group's annual gathering.
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- Photo via Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
The 最新杏吧原创 Courthouse, now called the Old Courthouse, is seen circa 1850, the year when Dred and Harriet Scott won their freedom in a jury trial, a decision that was later overturned by the Missouri Supreme Court. The courthouse, first built in 1839, was renovated later with its existing dome.
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- Post-Dispatch photo
People gather under the Gateway Arch in front of the recently renovated Old Courthouse to watch a fireworks show at Gateway Arch National Park in 最新杏吧原创 on July 3, 2025.
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- Post-Dispatch photo
Media arrive in the rotunda of the Old Courthouse for a press conference and tour of the renovated building and its new exhibits on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. The historic building reopened to the public on May 3, 2025.
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- Post-Dispatch photo
The story of Dred and Harriet Scott and their fight for freedom is told inside one of the new galleries at the Old Courthouse, seen during a media preview of its renovation on March 26, 2025.
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- Kenneth K. Lam, The Baltimore Sun
March 6, 2017 - Lynne Jackson, a descendant of Dred Scott, right, hugs Charles Taney III, a descendant of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, on the 160th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision, in front of the Maryland State House, in Annapolis, Md. On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Dred Scott v. Sandford, ruled 7-2 that Scott, a slave, was not an American citizen and therefore could not sue for his freedom in federal court.
- Post-Dispatch photo
Aug. 13, 2017 - A group of local clergy speaks out against the racism, hatred, and violence that occurred in Charlottesville, Va. a few days earlier. They spoke from the steps of the Old Courthouse in downtown 最新杏吧原创. At left is the statue of Dred and Harriet Scott.聽
- Photo via Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
The 最新杏吧原创 Courthouse, now called the Old Courthouse, is seen circa 1850, the year when Dred and Harriet Scott won their freedom in a jury trial, a decision that was later overturned by the Missouri Supreme Court. The courthouse, first built in 1839, was renovated later with its existing dome.
- Kenneth K. Lam, The Baltimore Sun
March 6, 2017 - Lynne Jackson, a descendant of Dred Scott, right, hugs Charles Taney III, a descendant of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, on the 160th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision, in front of the Maryland State House, in Annapolis, Md. On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Dred Scott v. Sandford, ruled 7-2 that Scott, a slave, was not an American citizen and therefore could not sue for his freedom in federal court.
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