Grace Episcopal Church

Historical marker location:

217 Adams Street, Jefferson City, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of Adams Street and High Street, on the right when traveling north on Adams Street.)

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.