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SCOTT, DRED

\skˈɒt], \skˈɒt], \s_k_ˈɒ_t]\

Definitions of SCOTT, DRED

1894 - Dictionary of United States history

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(1810-after 1857), a negro slave born in Missouri. His suit for freedom is known as the Dred Scott case (see art.). He was afterward owned by C. C. Chafee, of Massachusetts. In 1857 he was emancipated in St. Louis.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history
By John Franklin Jameson

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