US and Imperial Gallons and Quarts. But you should realize that there is also the imperial (UK, European) gallon, which differs from the US definition. This unit is a part of the Standard system of measures, used in Great Britain and the United States for several hundreds of years.
Dred Scott (circa 1799 â September 17, 1858) was an enslaved African American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the Dred Scott Decision..s an army officer, Dr. Emerson moved frequently, taking Dred Scott with him to each new army posting. In 1836, Emerson and Scott went to Fort Armstrong, in the free state of Illinois. In 1837, Emerson took Scott to Fort Snelling, located in what was then the free territory of Wisconsin.
DRED SCOTT DECISION & JOHN BROWNâS RAID âAmericaâs Path to Civil Warâ Dred Scott Decision Just two days after James Buchanan became the 15th president, the Supreme Court issued a historic ruling about slavery. News of the decision threw the country back into crisis. The Court reviewed and decided the complex case involving an enslaved man named Dred Scott. Dred Scott Sues for Freedom Dred Scott was the slave of Dr. John Emerson, an army surgeon who lived in St. Louis, Missouri. In the 1830s, Emerson had taken Scott on tours of duty in Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory. After they returned to Missouri, the doctor died, and Scott became the slave of Emersonâs widow. In 1846 Scott sued for his freedom in the Missouri state courts,