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Harriet Robinson Scott (c. 1820 – June 17, 1876) was an African American woman who fought for her freedom alongside her husband, Dred Scott, for eleven years. Their legal battle culminated in the infamous United States Supreme Court decision Dred Scott v.
Dred Scott (c. 1799 – September 17, 1858) was an enslaved African American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for the freedom of themselves and their two daughters, Eliza and Lizzie, in the Dred Scott v.
There were 21 enslaved people with Taliaferro, one of whom was Harriet Robinson. [35] She married Dred Scott with Taliaferro officiating at Mendota. John Marsh, arrived at the fort during the early 1820s. He started the first school in the Territory for the officers' children. Marsh developed a relationship with the Dakota, and compiled a ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 January 2025. 1857 U.S. Supreme Court case on the citizenship of African-Americans 1857 United States Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court of the United States Argued February 11–14, 1856 Reargued December 15–18, 1856 Decided March 6, 1857 Full case name Dred Scott v. John F. A ...
Taliaferro was the enslaver of at least 21 persons. [4] One of them, named Harriet Robinson, married Dred Scott.As Justice of the Peace in the territories, Taliaferro officiated the marriage of Scott and Robinson, which many historians believe gave additional credence to the Scotts' claim to freedom.
Harriet Scott (footballer) (born 1993), Irish footballer Harriet Robinson Scott (1820–1876), African American abolitionist wife of Dred Scott Harriet Morgan (née Scott, 1830–1907) Australian natural history illustrator
Memphis Symphony and National Civil Rights Museum partner to present the world premiere of Earnestine Rodgers Robinson's "Harriet Tubman Oratorio."
Francis Butter Murdoch (March 21, 1805 – May 10, 1882) was an American attorney and newspaper publisher. As a lawyer, he practiced law in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois and Missouri, and initiated freedom suits for Dred Scott and Harriet Robinson Scott in 1846.