Around the 1850s, tension between the Northern and Southern states was increasing. The issue of slavery was a conflict that contributed greatly to this tension. The people of the North and South had very different opinions on slavery. Most of the Northern population thought slavery was wrong, while the Southern population thought it was justified. During this time, there was a court case brought by a black slave against his white master and this widened the gap between them even further. The idea of ​​a black man demanding his freedom was ridiculous to most of the Southern population. My second paragraph is about the life of Dred Scott. It will mostly be about his life before the case. The third paragraph will contain information about the case in court. It will include many facts of the trials. The fourth paragraph will talk about the US Supreme Court decision and its effects. It will also include people's reactions to the final decision. “Dred Scott was an enslaved African American,” (Appleby 446-447). He was born into slavery in 1799. His parents were slaves of Peter Blow, who lived in Virginia. Since his parents were slaves, Dred was a slave from his birth. In 1830, the Blow family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and brought Dred with them. A couple of years later it was sold to Dr. John Emerson, a military doctor who was stationed in St. Louis at the time. Dr. John Emerson, along with Dred, was transferred in 1834 to Rock Island, Illinois (a free state) and then in 1836 to the military outpost in the Upper Louisiana Territory. John was stationed at each military base for a couple of years. While in the Upper Louisiana Territory, Dred met Harriet Robison who was owned by Major Taliaferro. John bought Harri...... half of paper...... Brinkley, Alan PhD; McPherson, James Ph.D. The American Journey. New York, New York: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2003 “Dred Scott's Fight for Freedom.” PBS. May 26, 2010 “The Dred Scott Decision.” StudyWorld. 1996-2010. May 26, 2010.Vbansal. "The Effects of Dred Scott V. Sanford." Associated Content. August 06, 2007. May 26, 2010. "The Life of Dred Scott." Social studies for children. May 26, 2010WordNet Research. May 26th 2010.