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The Dred Scott Decision: Slavery and the U.S. Supreme Court

In March of 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise - a federal statute that regulated slavery in several western territories of the country - in the infamous Dred Scott Decision, 60 U.S. 393 (1857). ...

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The Dred Scott Decision: Slavery and the U.S. Supreme Court

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