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1857 was before the US Civil War, which started in Aprl 1861.

The significant event in 1857 was the Supreme Court's decision in the case of the slave Dred Scott, denying him his freedom on the grounds that slavery was protected by the Constitution and that a black man should not be suing a white man.

This enraged the Abolitionists, and raised the temperature of the debate.

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