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Historical marker location:

700 Clark Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri

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

April 12, 1892. 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.