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Dred Scott was born enslaved in Virginia and later became a resident of Missouri. He and his wife Harriet signed petitions for freedom under Missouri law in 1846. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld slavery, denied the legality of black citizens, and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, resulting in a catalyst for the Civil War. Scott's body is buried in Calvary Cemetery.
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