How and when did Dred Scott die?

Answer 1

Taylor Blow, son of one of Dred Scott's former owners, purchased Scott and his family from Irene (Emerson) Chaffee for $750, and emancipated them on May 27, 1857. Scott found work as a porter at Barnum's St. Louis Hotel, but died of tuberculosis (a lung disease) in September 1858, little more than a year after gaining his freedom.

Scott was initially buried in Wesleyan Cemetery, which later became the site of St. Louis University. Wesleyan cemetery closed in 1867, and the bodies were disinterred and moved to other places. Dred Scott's body was moved to an unmarked grave at Calvary Cemetery, in St. Louis County.

In 1957, the grave was located and marked with a stone that reads:

Dred Scott
Born about 1799 died Sept. 17, 1858

"Dred Scott subject of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1857 which denied citizenship to the Negro, voided the Missouri Compromise Act, became one of the events that resulted in the Civil War"

Answer 2

Taylor Blow, son of one of Dred Scott's former owners, purchased Scott and his family from Irene (Emerson) Chaffee for $750, and emancipated them on May 27, 1857. Scott found work as a porter at Barnum's St. Louis Hotel, but died of tuberculosis (a lung disease) in September 1858, little more than a year after gaining his freedom.

Scott was initially buried in Wesleyan Cemetery, which later became the site of St. Louis University. Wesleyan cemetery closed in 1867, and the bodies were disinterred and moved to other places. Dred Scott's body was moved to an unmarked grave at Calvary Cemetery, in St. Louis County.

In 1957, the grave was located and marked with a stone that reads:

Dred Scott
Born about 1799 died Sept. 17, 1858

"Dred Scott subject of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1857 which denied citizenship to the Negro, voided the Missouri Compromise Act, became one of the events that resulted in the Civil War"