... re-file their suits. Three years later in a second trial, the jury decides that the Scott's should be free based on their residency in the non-slave territories, i.e. Wisconsin and Illinois. Not wanting to lose such valuable property, Mrs. Emerson decided to take the appeal somewhere else. In 1852, Mrs. Emerson went to the Missouri Supreme Court, where they overruled the ... . Sadly Dred Scott wasn't able to experience his freedom for long. On September 17, 1858, Scott died of tuberculosis and was buried in St. Louis. Dred Scoot was buried in Wesleyan Cemetery, which now is presently the...

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