Cardiff Hill

Historical marker location:

Hannibal, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of North Street and N. Main Street, on the left when traveling east on North Street.)

Marker installed: 1934

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.