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Jones v Van Zandt: Supreme Court Tackles Constitutionality of Slavery

Jones v Van Zandt, 46 U.S. 215 (1847) is one of the U.S. Supreme Court cases that considers slavery issues before the Civil War. The justices ultimately ruled against abolitionists, holding that the Fugitive Slave Law was a valid exercise of the auth...

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Jones v Van Zandt: Supreme Court Tackles Constitutionality of Slavery

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