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Dred Scott This portrait of Dred Scott was painted in 1857, the year of the Supreme Court’s decision. African Americans in the North were particularly alarmed by the Court’s ruling. Although the Court rejected Scott’s suit, he gained his freedom in May 1857 when a white man purchased and freed Scott and his family.
Portrait: © Collection of the New-York Historical Society, USA/Bridgeman Images; poster: Private Collection/Peter Newark American Pictures/Bridgeman Images.