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In 1842 the Fugitive Slave Law made in 1793 was determined to be constitutional under the laws of the United States. This meant that capturing slaves was now a Federal government responsibility. The court case that brought this about was Prigg v. Pennsylvania.

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The 1820 Missouri Compromise set the dividing line between slave and free states at?

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