Scott

American slave who sued for his liberty after spending four years with his master in a territory where slavery had been banned by the Missouri Compromise. The resulting decision by the U.S. Supreme Court (1857) declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional because a slave could not be taken from a master without due process of law.

British explorer who reached the South Pole (January 1912) only to find that Roald Amundsen had discovered the spot one month before.

British writer of ballads and historical novels, a genre he developed. His works include Waverley (1814) and Ivanhoe (1819).

American general. A hero of the War of 1812, he captured Veracruz, defeated Santa Anna, and captured Chapultepec during the Mexican War (1846-1848).