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In US history, a Supreme Court case brought
by a Missouri slave, Dred Scott (c.
1800-1858), seeking to obtain his freedom on
the grounds that his owner had taken him to
reside temporarily in the free state of
Illinois. The decision of the Supreme Court
against Scott in March 1857 intensified
sectional discord four years before the Civil
War.