Original: Dred Scott (1795 â "September 17, 1858), was an African-American slave in the United States who sued unsuccessfully for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857.
Simplified: Dred Scott (1799 â "September 17, 1858) was a slave in the United States of America who took legal action to get his freedom in the Dred Scott V. Sandford Case.