Speak Right On: Conjuring the Slave Narrative of Dred Scott

Though declared a piece of property by the US Supreme Court Dred Scott insisted on telling his own story on speaking freely. That was his freedom and he didnt require a court to help him find it. Speak Right On explores the story of Dred Scott and the history of slavery that has changed our cultural landscape.From the eastern coast of Virginia to the farthest reaches of the US frontier from house slave to field hand to surgeons assistant from boy to man from young love to family life from enslavement to freedom this is an epic story of dignity and determination. He who does his best for his own time lives for all times. (Igbo proverb)