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Mr. Scott smiles
Obama rally, St.Louis, under the Gateway Arch,October 18, 2008
In front of the Old St.Louis Courthouse where the Dred Scott case was first brought to trial. The case went to the US Supreme Court which ruled Scott was not a man, but a piece of property, and had no rights under the Constitution. The fallout from this decision is often cited as the start of the US Civil War.
Mr. Scott smiles
Obama rally, St.Louis, under the Gateway Arch,October 18, 2008
In front of the Old St.Louis Courthouse where the Dred Scott case was first brought to trial. The case went to the US Supreme Court which ruled Scott was not a man, but a piece of property, and had no rights under the Constitution. The fallout from this decision is often cited as the start of the US Civil War.