on the fact that he is a human being and that no human being should be held as a possession. This makeshift jury founded Emerson to be guilty and therefore he was freed. Last but definitely not least, Brenda Brown serves as the manager of a Minnesota Historical Society traveling exhibits program. She describes Scott as being more than an unsightly man but a man of intellect and character. Her aspiration for the man rubbed off on Brian Notto. He uncovered records of his. Some of them say that he may have slept in a cellar beneath a doctor's room. He may have assisted with surgery. People respected Dred Scott. Most documentation deals with his romance with Harriet Robinson (she later became Harriet Scott.) The play that he wrote mainly deals with this aspect of his life. In Netto's play, Scott turns around any says with determination, "One day, Harriet, one day we're gonna be free. I promise you." There are many other people who remember Dred Scott on his 143rd anniversary. Given all the data I collected, I will show my standing now on the case. From my perspective, Dred Scott was an articulate and intelligent man. Emerson brought him to Missouri from Illinois and he stayed there in free soil for four (4) years. Four years is enough time to become a resident of Missouri. As for not being a citizen of the United States, the North had always regarded blacks as citizens. In support of my case there was precedence which showed that black men sued their owners in a court of law for their freedom. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was not by any means obsolete. Taney made it obsolete along with the other seven (7) dissenting opinions. Dred Scott should have been freed by all means. It is immoral and unethical by my standards to have possession of a man's soul. That takes me back to when we were reading an excerpt from Uncle Tom's Cabin. Tom was brutally beaten for protecting a young woman's life. In reality the fact is th...
