print email comment close Conservation of the Dred Scott Papers URL: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/localrecs/conservation/dredscott/intro.asp Description: Description of the conservation of papers from the case in which "Dred Scott petitioned the St. Louis Circuit Court for his freedom in April 1846." The case, which eventually went to the U.S. Supreme Court and was decided on March 6, 1857, "brought the country to the brink of civil war." Includes many images showing the conservation process. From the Archives division of the Missouri Secretary of State. Publisher: Missouri Secretary of State Extra Keywords slavery African American black LII Database Information: Record 23380 created by Jennifer English on 02/22/2007 Last modification on 02/26/2007 Published: 02/28/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23380