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Thebes Courthouse
Historical Marker
Location
of sign - Off Route 3 Thebes Illinois
Photo
taken April 2008
Photo
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
Thebes Courthouse
This courthouse, completed in 1848, was the county seat of Alexander County
until 1884 when the county seat was moved to
Cairo.
The building was constructed with local sandstone, hewn timbers, hand sawed
board, plaster, and with a split shingle roof.
Dred
Scott was imprisoned here in the dungeons below. He was a fugitive
slave for whom the judge's decision was made
establishing
a negro's right to his own person.
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