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Historical marker location:

6001 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Delmar Boulevard just east of Des Peres Avenue, in the median.)

Loop Trolley. Delmar Loop Metrolink

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.