[DOC] [TLE] Dred Scott - Wikipedia [PAR]  [DOC] [TLE] Dred Scott - Wikipedia [PAR] Dred Scott (c. 1799  September 17, 1858) was an enslaved African American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott Decision". [DOC] [TLE] Dred Scott v. Sandford - Wikipedia [PAR] Dred Scott, an enslaved man of "the negro African race" who had been taken by his owners to free states and territories, attempted to sue for his freedom. In a 72 decision written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, the court denied Scott's request. [DOC] [TLE] Dred Scott Case - Black History - HISTORY.com [PAR] In his decision, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, a staunch supporter of slavery, ... 
This convoluted case (1857), both a cause and an effect of sectional conflict, ... 
the Blows apparently helped Scott sue Emerson's widow for his freedom, but lost
... [DOC] [TLE] Dred Scott - Civil Rights Activist - Biography.com [PAR] Apr 2, 2014 ... Dred Scott was born into slavery sometime in 1795, in Southampton County, 
Virginia. He made history by launching a legal battle to gain his freedom. ... On 
March 6, 1857, the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. ... not citizens of the 
United States and therefore had no rights to sue in Federal courts: ". [DOC] [TLE] Dred Scott | HistoryNet [PAR] The 1857 decision by the United States Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case ... 
The couple returned to that city, and Emerson sent for his slave couple, who ... 
Banner image Petition for Leave to Sue For Freedom, from the First Circuit ..... the 
second of their famous debates, which were largely about the Dred Scott case. [DOC] [TLE] Dred Scott case - PBS [PAR] In March of 1857, the United States Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Roger B. 
Taney, declared that all blacks -- slaves as well as free -- were ... of Missouri, had 
appealed to the Supreme Court in hopes of being granted his freedom. ... that, 
because Scott was black, he was not a citizen and therefore had no right to sue. [DOC] [TLE] Dred Scott's fight for freedom - PBS [PAR] 1846 - 1857 ... Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. ... make 
a claim for freedom, as did his extended stay in Wisconsin, where slavery was... [DOC] [TLE] A Slave Sues for Freedom in 1857 [PAR] Although several slaves had previously sued for freedom, Dred. Scott v. ... 
famous case. The crux ... taken to a slave-free territory by his master, and thus, 
being. [DOC] [TLE] The slaves who sued for freedom - The Boston Globe [PAR] Nov 3, 2013 ... Lucy Delaney, who sued for her freedom and won. ... The image of a slave taking 
his captors to courtnever mind ... That rickety scaffolding collapsed in 1857 with 
the case of Dred Scott, a St. Louis man who, with his wife and... [DOC] [TLE] Missouri Digital Heritage: Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857 [PAR] "Dred Scott, a man of color, respectfully states. he is claimed as a slave. ... Living 
at Rock Island was Dred Scott's first chance to sue for his freedom, assuming ..... 
out his wife owned arguably the most famous slave in America in February 1857,
... [DOC] [TLE] March 6, 1857 | Supreme Court Issues Dred Scott Decision - The ... [PAR] Mar 6, 2012 ... On March 6, 1857, in its Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that ... his 
life in non-slave territory, could not sue for his freedom in a federal court. ... 
famous for his support of slavery being decided in new territories by... [DOC] [TLE] Famous slaves Biography Online [PAR] 17991858) was a slave who attempted to sue for his freedom in the court case 
Scott v. Sandford (1857). He lost the case, but the outrage at the decision... [DOC] [TLE] The Dred Scott Case - Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (

Question: Famous slave who sued for his freedom in 1857
Answer: Dred Scott