Dred and Harriet Scott Statue (St. Louis, Missouri)
Dublin Core
Title
Dred and Harriet Scott Statue (St. Louis, Missouri)
Subject
Subject (Topic)
Antislavery movements--United States
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States
Missouri--St. Louis
Public art
Public sculpture
Resistance
Slavery--Missouri
Antislavery movements--United States
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States
Missouri--St. Louis
Public art
Public sculpture
Resistance
Slavery--Missouri
Subject (Name)
Scott, Dred, 1799-1858
Scott, Harriet, 1815-1876
Scott, Dred, 1799-1858
Scott, Harriet, 1815-1876
Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture
Commemorative sculpture
Description
A figurative statue of Dred and Harriet Scott. Dred Scott wears a suit with tie. He reaches his left arm behind Harriet Scott, embracing her; they also hold hands. Harriet Scott wears a full-length dress and turns her head upward.
Creator
Weber, Harry, 1942-
Source
Photograph: Wikimedia Commons
Date
June 8, 2012
Contributor
Dred Scott Heritage Foundation: Lynne M. Jackson; National Park Service; Vladimir Zhitomirsky, VMD Sculpting; McCarthy Building Companies (Mark Smith, Mark Weiss and Dustin Roberts); KPFF Consulting Engineers; Rosch Companies; McFry Excavating; Geotechnology, Inc.; Rebar Specialist Inc.; Wilson Concrete, Vee-Jay Cement; Budrovich, Inc; Thomas Bradley and Frank Mares
Rights
Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, 6128 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri, 63112, United States
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Visual Arts-Sculpture
Coverage
Old Courthouse, 11 N 4th Street, St. Louis, Missouri, 63102, United States
Has Part
Inscription on base of work:
Dred and Harriet Scott filed suit for their freedom at this courthouse in 1846. Their case reached the United States Supreme Court and was decided in 1857. The court ruled that the Scotts and all African Americans were not citizens of the United States. Opposition to the decision was one of the causes of the Civil War and led to the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution. The Scotts' struggle for freedom stands as a defining moment in the history of the Civil Rights Movements.
Dedicated June 8, 2012
Gift of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation
Harry Weber, Sculptor
Dred and Harriet Scott filed suit for their freedom at this courthouse in 1846. Their case reached the United States Supreme Court and was decided in 1857. The court ruled that the Scotts and all African Americans were not citizens of the United States. Opposition to the decision was one of the causes of the Civil War and led to the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution. The Scotts' struggle for freedom stands as a defining moment in the history of the Civil Rights Movements.
Dedicated June 8, 2012
Gift of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation
Harry Weber, Sculptor
Extent
120 x 48 x 48 in. (304.8 x 121.92 x 121.92 cm)
Medium
Bronze
Bibliographic Citation
Weber, Harry. "About: Dred and Harriet Scott." Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis. Accessed April 30, 2021. https://racstl.org/public-art/dred-and-harriet-scott/.
Rights Holder
Renée Ater
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Sculpture
Physical Dimensions
120 x 48 x 48 in. (304.8 x 121.92 x 121.92 cm)
Collection
Citation
Weber, Harry, 1942-, “Dred and Harriet Scott Statue (St. Louis, Missouri),” Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past, accessed October 1, 2026, https://slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1219.