Researchers found nearly 300 similar suits between 1814 and 1860, and more than a third of these people achieved their freedom through these suits.

Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case was finally brought before the United States Supreme Court.

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 not and could never become citizens of the United ...

ST. LOUIS – FOX 2 continues its honoring of the Black History Series, reflecting on the stories of those who shaped the nation’s history. Lynne Jackson, the great-great-granddaughter of Dred ...