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Historical marker location:

700 Clark Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on South 8th Street south of Clark Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

May 13, 1958. Greatest Moments

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.