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jan 1, 1857 - Dred Scot v Sanford

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It is a case announced by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 6, 1857, which ruled that blacks were not United States citizens. As a result, blacks were not afforded government or court protection, and Congress could no longer ban slavery from a federal territory. This furthered sectionalism in the US by dividing the North and South's opinion of slave rights.

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jan 1, 1857
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~ 168 years ago

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