Circa 1875

Historical marker location:

635 Locust Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on North 7th Street just north of Locust Street, on the right when traveling north.)

The famous Dred Scott case, which helped fuel the tensions that led to the Civil War, originated in Missouri. Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom in the Missouri courts in 1857, but the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ruled against him.