Scott vs.Stanford A Decision That Would Change the Future

Scott v. Stanford: A Decision That Would Change the Future â€Å"You don’t have to know a lot of things for your life to make a lasting difference in the world. But you do have to know the few great things that matter, perhaps just one, and then be willing to live for them and die for them. The people that make a durable difference in the world are not the people who have mastered many things, but who have been mastered by one great thing.† This quote was said by John Piper, a well-known preacher and author. Piper gave people hope, just like Dred Scott. Scott survived the herculean battle on the road to freedom. He pled for his family’s withdraw from slavery; however, in the end, he ended up suing his master in a case that traveled all the†¦show more content†¦Blow was a man who owned a large and very successful plantation. As Scott grew up, Blow used him as a general handyman. He worked as a farmhand, stevedore, and even a craftsman. Blow decided to exp and his farm, so he took Scott and a small group of other slaves to Alabama. There, his plantation was unsuccessful. Therefore, he moved again, this time to open up a hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. Around 1830, he was having financial issues and was planning on selling Scott. The following year, however, him and his wife suddenly became sick, and they both died by 1832. After their deaths, Blow’s sister sold Scott for 500 dollars to a surgeon in the U.S. Army. Dr. John Emerson, a military surgeon stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, was Scott’s second master. Emerson took Scott up north to states like Illinois and Minnesota, where slavery was banned due to the Missouri Compromise of 1820. On these travels, Scott met and married Harriet Robinson. They had two boys who died in infancy and two girls: Eliza and Lizzie. Emerson also married during his work voyages. He wedded Irene Sanford during a brief stay in Louisiana. In 1842, the Emersons and the Scotts returned to St. Louis, where John Emerson died on December 29 the following year. He left his brother-in-law to look over his estate. Emerson left his property (including Scott’s family) to his widow. It is said that Irene hired out Scott and his wife and children to work for other families. It is also said that