1996

Historical marker location:

801 North 4th Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of North Broadway and Convention Plaza, on the right when traveling north on North Broadway.)

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.