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What about the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which provided that there could be no slavery in many states?
ОглавлениеChief Justice Taney actually ruled that this law was unconstitutional, writing: “It is the opinion of the court that the act of Congress which prohibited a citizen from holding and owning property of this kind in the territory of the United States north of the line therein mentioned, is not warranted by the Constitution.”
