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The History Place: The Dred Scott Decision

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This site from The History Place provides an account of the history of Dred Scott, an African-American slave, who took his suit for his freedom to the Supreme Court. The information is somewhat brief, but worthwhile.

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slavery, civil war, dred scott

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anti-slavery, freeing of slaves, u.s. supreme court, 1857 supreme court decision, african-americans, dred, dred scott decision, dred scott v. sandford, john sandford, missouri compromise of 1820, dred scott v sandford (1857), dred scott v sandford, 1857

Classroom Considerations

Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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