Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Dakota County, MN Major Topics Dred Scott Case People Documents Date Title 04/08/1852 Washington (DC) National Intelligencer, “Decision in a Slave Case,” April 8, 1852 05/12/1852 Boston (MA) Investigator, “A Slavery Decision Reversed,” May 12, 1852 12/27/1856 Louisville (KY) Journal, "The Case of Dred Scott," December 27, 1856 12/31/1860 New York Times, “Flight of a Great Criminal,” December 31, 1860 Images Fort Snelling, Minnesota, 1861, artist's impression