Harriet Robinson Scott

Historical marker location:

6575 St Louis Ave, Hillsdale, Missouri

( Marker can be reached from Saint Louis Avenue east of Rosebud Avenue.)

Born 1820. Died June 17, 1876.

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.