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Dred Scott, whose master took him to Indiana and then back to Tennessee.
That raised questions about the status of the slave, and the case reached the Supreme Court, which declared that slavery was protected by the Constitution.
This became the big debate - could individual states vote to keep slavery, or not?
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Was kansas a slave state or free state?
it was a free state >3
Was Kentucke a free state or a slave state?
Slave state
Did Texas want to join the U.S. as a free state or slave state?
no it was slave free
Was Idaho a slave or free state?
Free state.
According to the fugitive slave laws if a slave escaped to a free state he or she was automatically free?
No, according to the fugitive slave laws, escaped slaves were not automatically free. The laws required that escaped slaves be returned to their owners, even if they reached a free state. This often led to contentious legal battles and resistance from abolitionists.
Is Iowa a free or slave state?
Yes it was a slave state
Was Tennessee a free state or the slave state in 1850?
Slave
Was Ohio a slave state or free state?
it was a free state
Was virgina a slave or free state?
Slave
Was Mississippi a slave state or a free state?
A slave state.
Was Maryland a slave state or a free state in continental times?
Slave state
Was Ohio a slave-free state?
In 1803, Ohio became the first non-slave state out of the northwest territories. Citizens were divided on the subject, but it was an official non-slave state.
