SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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Virginia
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Alabama
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Missouri
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Minnesota
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Detailed explanation-1: -Born around 1800, Scott migrated westward with his master, Peter Blow. They travelled from Scott’s home state of Virginia to Alabama and then, in 1830, to St. Louis, Missouri.
Detailed explanation-2: -Missouri law was clearly on the side of the Scott family. All Bay had to do was prove that Emerson had taken Dred Scott, and then Harriet, to reside on free soil, making them free by Missouri law, and that after Emerson’s death, his widow claimed and held them as slaves in Missouri.
Detailed explanation-3: -Emerson married in 1838, and in the early 1840s he and his wife returned with the Scotts to Missouri, where Emerson died in 1843. Scott reportedly attempted to purchase his freedom from Emerson’s widow, who refused the sale.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dred Scott was sold to Dr. John Emerson, a surgeon serving in the United States Army, who planned to move to Rock Island, Illinois. After Scott learned this, he attempted to run away. His decision to do so was spurred by a distaste he had developed for Emerson.