Barnum's St. Louis Hotel

The famous former slave Dred Scott worked as a porter here from 1857 until his death.

[3] Dred Scott's new owners had freed him two months after the U.S. Supreme Court decision.

Scott became a local celebrity, greeting visitors at the hotel until he died of tuberculosis on September 17, 1858.

[4] Famous guests included Henry Clay and Illinois Governor Richard Yates.

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