Dred Scott, American slave (born 1795)

Dred Scott

African American plaintiff in freedom suit (c. 1799–1858)

Dred Scott was an enslaved African American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for the freedom of themselves and their two daughters, Eliza and Lizzie, in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott decision". The Scotts…