Soulard Market

Historical marker location:

1713A S 8th St, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of South 8th Street and Lafayette Avenue on South 8th Street.)

730 Carol St.. 1779

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.