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150th Commemoration Dred Scott Case

Open now through December of 2007, special exhibits and programs will showcase Roswell Field’s pivotal role in the famous Dred Scott case. This is in special recognition of the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Scott v. Sandford.

The nearly year-long exploration will incorporate three major initiatives: Advocates for Freedom: the Dred and Roswell Story, including the recreation of Roswell’s Law Library on the second floor; Free and Slave Children – Contrasts and Comparisons, will provide and interactive learning experience for children and adults by demonstrating the vast social, educational and cultural differences between urban slave children and free children and Narrative Voices, a Dred Scott Multimedia Experience, featuring a dramatic narrated account of the Dred Scott case.