She Poisoned His Tomato Wine

Historical marker location:

Greenville, Missouri

( Marker can be reached from U.S. 67, 2 miles south of County Road 221, on the right when traveling south.)

So She Could Marry Another Man.

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.