What is Dred Scott?
[[File:Oil on Canvas Portrait of Dred Scott (cropped).jpg|thumb|Dred Scott]] '''Dred Scott''' (1799 – September 17, 1858) was a [[slave]] in the [[United States of America]] who took legal action to get his freedom in the [[Dred Scott v. Sandford|Dred Scott v. Sanford case]]. His case was rejected by the [[Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisdaybig/0306.html#article|title=Decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Many people were angry at the decision, and slavery became one of the main issues in the [[American Civil War]] a few years later. Slavery was ended after the [[Confederate States of America]] surrendered. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Dred}} [[Category:Slaves]] [[Category:1799 births]] [[Category:1858 deaths]]