jan 1, 1857 - Dred Scott v. Sandford

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"Yo, congress, you allowed to choose about slavery in the territories?"
"Nah, man."
Territorial legislature and Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
Declared that the provisions provision of the Northwest Ordinance and the Missouri Compromise, which prohibited slavery, were never constitutional
Ruled that all black people (not just slaves) cannot be citizens

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