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A monument for Dred Scott – Great-great-granddaughter wants to make his grave ‘a place worthy of pilgrimage’

Lynne Jackson sometimes struggles to find her great-great-grandfather’s grave. Located in North St. Louis’ sprawling and historic Calvary Cemetery, the headstone is just two and a half feet high. A cemetery map helps, and on it, his grave is indicated in the key, with the number 19 beside his name: Dred Scott. Dred Scott’s remains were initially […]

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