Constance H. Lennahan

Historical marker location:

Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker can be reached from Main Drive just west of Pond Drive, on the right when traveling west.)

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.