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| 1. | Barbara Ann, born 1928, Canadian figure skater. |
| 2. | Dred [dred] , 1795?–1858, a black slave whose suit for freedom (1857) was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court (Dred Scott Decision) on the grounds that a slave was not a citizen and therefore could not sue in a federal court. |
| 3. | Duncan Campbell, 1862–1947, Canadian poet and public official. |
| 4. | Sir George Gilbert, 1811–78, English architect. |
| 5. | his grandson, Sir Giles Gilbert, 1880–1960, English architect. |
| 6. | Robert Fal⋅con [fawl-kuh n, fal-, faw-kuhn] , 1868–1912, British naval officer and antarctic explorer. |
| 7. | Sir Walter, 1771–1832, Scottish novelist and poet. |
| 8. | Win⋅field [win-feeld] , 1786–1866, U.S. general. |
| 9. | a male given name. |
A controversial ruling made by the Supreme Court in 1857, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. Dred Scott, a slave, sought to be declared a free man on the basis that he had lived for a time in a “free” territory with his master. The Court decided that, under the Constitution, Scott was his master's property and was not a citizen of the United States. The Court also declared that the Missouri Compromise, which prohibited slavery in certain areas, unconstitutionally deprived people of property — their slaves. The Dred Scott decision was a serious blow to abolitionists (see abolitionism).