Point Overlooked in Trial; Journal of Commerce. This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996.

The case was first brought to trial in 1847, but was thrown out because of hearsay evidence. During a second trial in 1850, Dred Scott and his wife sued for, and were granted, their freedom.

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.

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Dred Scott, an enslaved African American man, along with his wife Harriet, famously sued for their freedom and that of their two daughters in the landmark Dred Scott v.

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.

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