SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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1812
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1800
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1818
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1799
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Detailed explanation-1: -He is entitled to his freedom.” On April 6, 1846, Dred and Harriet Scott each filed separate petitions in suits against Irene Emerson in the St. Louis Circuit Court to obtain their freedom from slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -Robert Falcon Scott, (born June 6, 1868, Devonport, Devon, England-died c. March 29, 1912, Antarctica), British naval officer and explorer who led the famed ill-fated second expedition to reach the South Pole (1910–12). Scott joined the Royal Navy in 1880 and by 1897 had become a first lieutenant.
Detailed explanation-3: -Born in Southampton, Virginia, in his youth, Dred Scott was known as “Sam.” He later changed his name to Dred Scott. He moved with his master to Huntsville, Alabama and later to St. Louis, Missouri. In 1831 his owner, Peter Blow, died and John Emerson, a surgeon in the U.S. Army, bought him.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1819 he published his most popular work, Ivanhoe, set in 12th-century England. He also wrote Quentin Duward (1823), set in 15th-century France, and The Talisman (1825), set in Palestine during the Crusades.