Confederates in Cuba

Historical marker location:

112 Buchanan Street, Cuba, Missouri

( Marker is on Buchanan Street just south of West Washington Street (Missouri Highway ZZ), on the right when traveling south.)

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.