Dred Scott sued for freedom on the fact that he had lived in free states.

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True. Dred Scott sued for his freedom based on the fact that he had lived in free states, which he argued should grant him his freedom. This case ultimately led to the landmark 1857 Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, which stated that African American slaves could not be American citizens and that living in a free state did not grant Scott his freedom.