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Caused serious confusion about the legality of slavery.
Taken literally, it meant that there was no such thing as free soil. This delighted the South. But the Abolitionists were greatly offended, and the highly public Lincoln-Douglas debates thrashed out the arguments at length.
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What decision declared that slaves could not be taken from their masters?
The Dred Scott decision
How did the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment affect the Dred Scott decision?
The Dred Scott decision stated that people of African decent imported to America were not citizens and not protected by the Constitution. The fourteenth and fifteenth amendments nullified that decision.
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