He was the Chief Justice who refused to grant freedom to a slave, on the grounds that slavery was protected by the Constitution.
This delighted the South as much as it offended the Northern Abolitionists.
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During that time Taney led the Supreme Court, which declared slaves to be property.
n what ways did popular sovereignty stir up sectional tensions in the 1850s?
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The Republican party.