Dred+Scott-Jenny

=Historical Inquiry= Dred (Sam) Scott

= __Write a paragraph that answers addressing the following points:__ = 1. Who is your "I am..." person? What made you interested in this person? - My "I am Dred Scott" is a very interesting person. He was quite interesting because he sued his own master after running away to the North.It is rare to find such cases as a slave sueing his own master. He sued his master because he thought he had lived in a free country, so he sued Unfortunately, it was unsuccessful, but he had to go through a trial for false imprisonment and battery. with the supreme court and they had put him down. Dred Scott was born in 1799 (specific date unknown) in Southampton County, Virginia. He was the slave of the Peter Blow family and he had a wife (Harriet Scott). He never learned to read or write. He had two female children called Eliza and Lizzie Scott. His original name was actually Sam and his brother was Dred. Later on he was set free with his family but for only a short amount of time (16 months after fighting with the supreme court for 11 years), but he died of tuberculosis on September 17, 1858

2. Explain what you already knew about your "I am..." person prior to beginning your research. - I already knew the Dred Scott was a runaway slave that escaped to the North. In the North he sued his master and wanted to become a citizen. Sadly, the Supreme Court's final decision was to send him back to his master creating Fugitive Slave Law. This law enabled people to help slaves escape, and if runaway slaves were caught they had to be sent back to their masters.

3. What are some of the questions that came into your mind about your person while researching? What did you wonder about? - I was wondering how he controlled his anger when the Supreme Court had made their final decision. After he sued his master and returned to his master, did he treat him harshly too? How did he escape; did anyone help him?

= __Historical Question__ = // **My primary historical question is....** "What were the consequences of the decisions made by the Supreme Court regarding Dred Scott’s freedom and citizenship?"//

= __Primary Sources:__ = (Newspaper Articles) -http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?mcc:1:./temp/~ammem_DTUN::@@@mdb=mcc,gottscho,detr,nfor,wpa,aap,cwar,bbpix,cowellbib -http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display.aspx?categoryid=27&entryid=894331&searchtext=dred+scott&type=simple&option=all

(Congress Paper) -http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/P?mal:4:./temp/~ammem_n2cR::@@@mdb=mcc,gottscho,detr,nfor,wpa,aap,cwar,bbpix,cowellbib,calbkbib,consrvbib,bdsbib, dag,fsaall,gmd,pan,vv,presp,varstg,suffrg,nawbib, horyd,wtc,toddbib,mgw,ncr,ngp,musdibib,hlaw,papr,lhbumbib,rbpebib,lbcoll,alad,hh,aaodyssey,magbell,bbcards, dcm,raelbib,runyon,dukesm,lomaxbib,mtj,gottlieb,aep,qlt,coolbib,fpnas,aasm,denn,relpet,amss,aaeo,mff,afc911bib,mjm,mnwp,rbcmillerbib,molden,ww2map,mfdipbib, afcnyebib,klpmap,hawp,omhbib,rbaapcbib,mal,ncpsbib,ncpm,lhbprbib,ftvbib,afcreed,aipn,cwband,flwpabib,wpapos,cmns,psbib,pin,coplandbib,cola,tccc,curt,mharendt, lhbcbbib,eaa,haybib,mesnbib,fine,cwnyhs,svybib,mmorse,afcwwgbib,mymhiwebib,uncall,afcwip,mtaft,manz,llstbib,fawbib,berl,fmuever,cdn,upboverbib,mussm,cic, afcpearl,awh,awhbib,sgp,wright,lhbtnbib,afcesnbib,hurstonbib,mreynoldsbib,spaldingbib,sgproto,scsmbib

= __Secondary Sources:__ = -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott -http://library.wustl.edu/vlib/dredscott/ -http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2933.html -http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/scott/

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