John Emerson of Missouri was the owner of the slave named Dred Scott.
Emerson made a number of moves in 1833 while serving in the American military. He transported Scott from the slave state of Missouri to the free state of Illinois and then into the Wisconsin Territory (a free territory). According to reports, Scott tried to pay Emerson's widow for his freedom, but she turned him down.
Harriet and Dred Scott filed separate cases for their freedom in Missouri state court in St. Louis in 1846 with the assistance of antislavery attorneys, claiming that living in a free state and a free territory had released them from the shackles of slavery.
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