A Defiant Tale

Historical marker location:

3006 South Highway 94, Defiance, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 94 and Darst Bottom Road, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 94.)

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.