Raymond Scott Miller, the great-great grandson of Dred Scott, was present at the Dred Scott Seminar at the Dutchess County Courthouse in Poughkeepsie on April 12, 2008.

Attorney John F. Murphy III presented evidence to show how both the abolitionists and slave holders pushed their economic, social, and political agendas as Dred Scott’s commercial value to both sides was exhausted at the Dutchess County Courthouse in Poughkeepsie on April 12, 2008.

Dr. Edward J. Shaughnessy focused his remarks on the 'dissenters' views in the Dred Scott case at the Dutchess County Courthouse in Poughkeepsie on April 12, 2008.

Lorraine Roberts, chairman of the Black History Committee, presented its 12th lecture at the Dutchess County Courthouse in Poughkeepsie on April 12, 2008.

Loraine Roberts, Raymond Scott Miller and The Honorable Peter M. Forman, judge of the Dutchess County Family Court, who presented an overview of the Dred Scott Case and moderated the panel discussion at the Dutchess County Courthouse on April 12, 2008.

Loraine Roberts, Raymond Scott Miller and The Honorable Peter M. Forman, judge of the Dutchess County Family Court, who presented an overview of the Dred Scott Case and moderated the panel discussion at the Dutchess County Courthouse on April 12, 2008.

Members of the panel that discussed the Dred Scott case are John F. Murphy III, Gloria J Browne-Marshall, Honorable Peter M. Forman, Raymond Scott Miller, Dr. Edward J. Shaughnessy,and Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, at the Dutchess County Courthouse in Poughkeepsie o April 12, 2008.

Former City of Poughkeepsie Mayor Nancy Cozean and Raymond Scott Miller, the great-great grandson of Dred Scott, pose for a picture following a discussion on the Dred Scott case at the Dutchess County Courthouse in Poughkeepsie on April 12, 2008.