Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.4
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
10127
Points per Word
0.000197
Page Count
96
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
Snapshots in History
Description
A lawsuit filed in 1846 by Dred Scott, an African American slave, to gain freedom for himself and his family became a landmark legal case in U.S. history. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he was still a slave and not a U.S. citizen.