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Harriet Robinson Scott

African American abolitionist wife of Dred Scott

  • Fame42.2
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia961
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Lived 1815–1876, aged 61United States
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  • Era
    1815–1876
    Aged 61
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Updated 2026-08-17

Harriet Robinson Scott was an African American woman who fought for her freedom alongside her husband, Dred Scott, for eleven years. Their legal battle culminated in the infamous United States Supreme Court decision Dred Scott v. Sandford in 1857. On April 6, 1846, attorney Francis B. Murdoch had initiated Harriet v. Irene Emerson in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, making the Scotts the first and only married couple to file separate freedom suits in tandem.

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