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Kyla Sartori April, 2015 Research paper Dred Scott was a hardworking slave who fought to be free. He even went to the Supreme Court to ask for justice. His owner granted him freedom after that. He got a job and lived with his wife and two kids. Dred Scott was part of African-American history. " He even helped move the country to the Civil War!"(Source 1) But he died shortly after obtaining his freedom. Dred Scott was a slave born around 1775. His parents were slaves also. People even suggested that he was originally named Sam, but when his brother, Dred, died and he took his name as a remembrance. As he grew up, he never learned how to read or write. He was a slave after all, so he had no education. His owners, the Blows, were a family that lived in Alabama. They owned a cotton farm that Dred worked on every day. They had a couple of kids who served as playmates for Dred. He took care of them and sometimes even slept in their rooms so whenever they needed him, he would be there. A few months later, three of the children died. Peter Blow, Dred 's master, thought the plantation was unhealthy. He wanted to pack up and leave. This move was not very forced; it was a slow-moving decision. After a while, they moved to St.Louis, Missouri. When Mr. Blow died, Dred was sold to a US Army Doctor. Dr.Emmerson was married and owned a couple of slaves. While Dred was living with him, Emmerson started taking him to work.

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