Alma Adams tweeted the following:
"Dred and Harriett were finally freed in 1857; while Dred died a year later from tuberculosis, Harriett lived until 1876 with her free daughters. Their descendants still live in St. Louis today.fox2now.com/news/missouri/"Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Alma Adams:
"However, when he and his wife Harriett successfully sued for their freedom upon their return to St. Louis in the slave state of Missouri, state appellate courts and later federal courts denied his claim.#BlackHistoryMonth #SayBlack"Read on Twitter
"After the case reached the Supreme Court, seven of nine justices ruled that Black Americans had no claim to freedom or citizenship. The decision further inflamed tensions that led to the American Civil War."Read on Twitter
"Dred Scott was born into slavery in Virginia in 1799. After he was sold to an Army doctor, he spent significant time in free states, like Illinois, where slavery was illegal. Scott and his supporters believed the significant time in free states had granted him his freedom."Read on Twitter
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