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Dred Scott
see synonyms of dred scottNoun
1. dred scott, scott
United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858)
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Dred Scott
see synonyms of dred scott American slave who sued unsuccessfully for his liberty after spending four years with his master in a territory where slavery had been banned by the Missouri Compromise. The resulting decision by the US Supreme Court (1857) declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.
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