Courtland in Southampton County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Dred Scott And The Blow Family
Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 12, 2013
1. Dred Scott And The Blow Family Marker
Erected 2013 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number UT-24.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Civil Rights • Law Enforcement. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1830.
Location. 36° 42.483′ N, 77° 8.547′ W. Marker is in Courtland, Virginia, in Southampton County. It is at the intersection of Southampton
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Regionally, this marker is in Coastal Virginia and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Buckhorn Quarters (here, next to this marker); Nottoway Indians (approx. 2 miles away); Original Site of Southhampton County Training School (approx. 2.8 miles away); Nottoway Indian History (approx. 3.3 miles away); 1705 Nottoway Reservation (approx. 3.4 miles away); From Barter To Buffer (approx. 3.4 miles away); Southern Red Oak Tree
Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 12, 2013
2. Dred Scott And The Blow Family Marker looking west along US 58
Shares locaion with Buckhorn Quarters Marker
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Other markers no longer nearby. Blackhead Signpost Road (was approx. 2.1 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Old Indian Reservation (was approx. 3.3 miles away but has been permanently removed).
More about this marker. Although printed and casted as 2011, marker was erected 4/16/2013
Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 12, 2013
3. Dred Scott And The Blow Family Marker , near Buckhorn Quarter Road looking eastward
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4. Dred Scott
"the Dred Scott Decision." The case was based on the fact that although he and his wife Harriet Scott were slaves, they had lived with his master Dr. John Emerson in states and territories where slavery was illegal according to both state laws and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, including Illinois and Minnesota (which was then part of the Wisconsin Territory). The United States Supreme Court decided 7–2 against Scott, finding that neither he nor any other person of African ancestry could claim citizenship in the United States, and therefore Scott could not bring suit in federal court under diversity of citizenship rules.
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Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 14, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 4,064 times since then and 146 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 14, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
