Presentation by MN Historical Society: Dred Scott & Slavery in Minnesota
During the 1830s Dred Scott, an enslaved man, was sold to Dr. John Emerson, a military doctor. Emerson took Dred to places where slavery was illegal, including Fort Snelling, where Dred met and married Harriet Robinson, an enslaved woman, and started a family. In 1846 the Scotts began an eleven year court battle for freedom […]
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