Scott would later be one of the defendants in United States v. Eichman, a Supreme Court case in which it was eventually decided that federal laws banning flag desecration were unconstitutional.

The Court ruled in favor of Scott and the other protesters, declaring federal laws regulating flag desecration unconstitutional.

[12] The project was planned in partnership with the organization Antenna, which promotes visual and literary arts relevant to communities of New Orleans.

[13] Over two days in November 2019, Scott and fellow participants reenacted the revolt, with the process filmed by Ghanaian-British artist John Akomfrah and Black cinematographer Bradford Young,[14] and the work was simultaneously made visible through posts on social media, pushing it beyond "a singular iconic tableau or monumental presence .

"[16] The Slave Rebellion Reenactment consisted of more than the re-enactment itself, and instead should be understood as a social and durational work that involved fundraising, recruiting participants, collaborating with New Orleans non-profits, organizing sewing circles to create costumes and props, involving researchers to clarify historical details, acquiring event permissions, and discussing the work in public forums.

[15][17] “The heart of the project,” Scott explained, embodies the history of "the formation of and the creation of the army of the enslaved," because this networking and planning for the reenactment were intended "to be done by word of mouth, mirroring the structure of how a slave revolt had to be assembled.”[18] Scott is a 2023/2024 Rome Prize winner,[21] Guggenheim Fellow,[22] and a 2020 United States Artists Fellow.