Tombstone of Dred Scott lawyer found

Monday, October 28, 2002

ST. LOUIS -- A marble tombstone found at a construction site here once marked the grave of an attorney who represented Dred Scott, a Missouri-born slave whose case for freedom helped push the nation toward the Civil War.

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