Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his ... In an 1850 retrial, the the St Louis circuit court ruled that Scott and his family were free. Two years later the Missouri Supreme Court stepped ...

The courthouse will open with four new exhibits. One will explore the history and lives of Dred and Harriet Scott, his wife. Others will depict Black life in St. Louis, the legacy of civil rights ...

The historic Old Courthouse in St ... to the Arch grounds and the St. Louis riverfront. The Old Courthouse was built in 1862 and was the site of the famous Dred Scott case; this was only the ...

The new exhibits focus on Dred and Harriet Scott, African American life in St. Louis, civil rights and the building’s architecture. See inside construction at the Old Courthouse, and renderings ...

Researchers found nearly 300 similar suits between 1814 and 1860, and more than a third of these people achieved their ...

In 1846, Dred and Harriet Scott filed freedom suits in the Old St. Louis Courthouse, fighting to break the chains of slavery. But after an 11-year legal battle, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in ...

The case before the court was that of Dred Scott v. Sanford. Dred Scott, a slave who had lived in the free state of Illinois and the free territory of Wisconsin before moving back to the slave ...

ST. LOUIS — After two years of renovations, a historic St. Louis building will finally reopen to the public. Gateway Arch National Park announced Wednesday that the "Old Courthouse" building on ...

ST. LOUIS – After two years of extensive renovations, the historic Old Courthouse in Downtown St. Louis is now set to reopen this spring. The Gateway Arch Park Foundation has announced the Old ...