Perhaps this is a mere footnote, but In the aftermath of the Dred Scott decision, Scott (and presumably his wife Harriet) was freed by a new owner after the Supreme Court decision.  He died in St. Louis in 1858. The St. Louis Visitors and Convention Commission has an interesting sub-link called "Multi-Cultural St. Louis" which covers this, and Elijah Lovejoy. Not detailed, of course, but a fair summary of what happened.

http://explorestlouis.com/media-page/news-releases-newsroom/releases/multicultural-st-louis/

Craig Kilby

P.S. Now WHY do I remember once reading that Scott's owners were not really interested in winning this case, and in fact they had bascially granted Scott his de facto freedom. The intent of this suit, from the foggy bottoms of my memory, was as a test case. I'm wondering if the "new owner" mentioned in the website above was not actually Sanford himself.

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