The Beginning

Historical marker location:

71 Highway P, Cuba, Missouri

( Marker is on State Highway P, 0.1 miles east of State Route 19, on the right when traveling east.)

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.