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It was earlier - one of the causes of the war, because it raised the temperature of the debate.

It was the decision of the Supreme Court to deny freedom to a slave who had once lived on free soil, but returned to slave coutnry.

The Chief Justice based his judgment on his interpretation of the Constitution. When the Founding Fathers declared that a man's property was sacred, they would have included slaves in their definition of property.

This appeared to mean that slavery was legal in every state.

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