2822-2824 Cherokee

Historical marker location:

2822 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of Cherokee Street and Oregon Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Cherokee Street.)

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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.