[DOC] [TLE] Dred Scott decision - PBS [PAR] Part 1: 1450-1750 ... Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. ... 
from Scott's home state of Virginia to Alabama and then, in 1830, to St. Louis, ... 
as did his extended stay in Wisconsin, where slavery was also prohibited. ... 
presidents from the South, and of these, five were from slave-holding families. [DOC] [TLE] Missouri Digital Heritage: Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857 [PAR] Dred Scott traveled with him and, therefore, resided in areas where slavery was 
outlawed. ... All of these St. Louis connections proved helpful to Dred Scott. ... in 
Dred Scott's circuit court trial for freedom that Peter Blow sold Scott to Dr. 
Emerson. ..... First, the case's detour to the Missouri Supreme Court took place in 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Dred Scott | HistoryNet [PAR] Facts about the Dred Scott Decision, one of the Causes of the American Civil War 
... Ironically, his first trial, in June 1847, was tossed out on a technicalityhe .... 
Dred and Harriet Scott's first petitions were filed in state court in St. Louis in 1846. 
... Irene Emerson appealed the case to the Missouri Supreme Court, where it was
... [DOC] [TLE] Things Have Changed: Dred Scott's Trial [PAR] Sep 17, 2014 ... The best account of the case and its historical setting remains the 1978 Pulitzer ... 
In 1833, Dred Scott was sold to Dr John Emerson of St Louis by the family of ... 
and his first posting was in Illinois, a free state, to which he took Scott. ... area 
where slavery was forbidden by the Missouri Compromise of 1820. [DOC] [TLE] Our Documents - Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) [PAR] Citation: Judgment in the U.S. Supreme Court Case Dred Scott v. ... In 1846 a 
slave named Dred Scott and his wife, Harriet, sued for their freedom in a St. Louis 
city ... 11-year legal struggle that culminated in one of the most notorious 
decisions... [DOC] [TLE] Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) - Infoplease [PAR] Sold to Army surgeon John Emerson in Saint Louis around 1833, Scott was taken 
... For Sandford: To deprive a person of property (in this case, Dred Scott) without 
... Taney not only destroyed one of the delicate compromises that had kept the ... 
These amendments ended slavery and established firmly the citizenship of all... [DOC] [TLE] Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 - Collection Connections ... [PAR] These historical era(s) are best represented in the collection, although they may 
... 1857  In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court says that blacks cannot 
... One of the documents, as suggested by the title The Trial of Captain John ..... 
to Alton from St. Louis, where he had been persecuted for what were perceived to
... [DOC] [TLE] Part I: The African-American Experience - City of St. Louis [PAR] In the home of King Cotton, most slaves lived in plantation or farm settings, ... the 
steps of the Old Courthouse in 1861, stopping the practice for good in St. Louis. ... 
Horrified by slavery in Missouri, Gage directed her energies here toward abolition
. ... At the time of the Dred Scott case, about one person in twenty living in St. [DOC] [TLE] Chief Justice Taney Opinion In Dred Scott v Sandford [PAR] After the first session of oral argument in the Scott case, in the spring of 1856, 
Justice ... The trial of the action occurred in 1847, in the St. Louis County 
Courthouse, ... of 1787 (for the Old Northwest Territory) forbade slavery in the 
territory where Fort ..... These justices, in one combination or another, have 
seized the moment,... [DOC] [TLE] American History TV St Louis Missouri | Video | C-SPAN.org [PAR] Jun 22, 2014 ... American History TV in St. Louis, Missouri C-SPAN's Local Content Vehicles ... 
WE'LL EXPLORE THE OLD COURTHOUSE WHERE DRED SCOTT HAD HIS 
CASE. ... HE MUST HAVE SEEN EFFORTS TO RELOCATE THE PORT OF ST. ... 
THIS SECTION OF THE EXHIBIT IS

Question: St. Louis' old one of these, seen here, was the setting for the first trial in the Dred Scott case
Answer: a courthouse