print email comment close The Dred Scott Case URL: http://library.wustl.edu/vlib/dredscott/ Description: "The records displayed in this exhibit document their [Dred Scott and his wife] early struggle to gain their freedom through litigation and are the only extant records of this significant case as it was heard in the St. Louis Circuit Court." The decision contributed to the tensions leading to the Civil War. The site has digital images and transcriptions of original documents as well as a chronology. From the library at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Publisher: Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri Library of Congress Subject Headings: Scott, Dred, 1809-1858 Slavery -- United States LII Database Information: Record 16295 created by on 11/29/2000 Last modification on 01/16/2006 Published: 11/29/2000   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/16295