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What was the impact of the Missouri compromise on the Dred Scott case?

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The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision on Sanford Dred Scott, a case that intensified national divisions over the issue of slavery. In 1834, Dred Scott, a slave, had been taken to Illinois, a free state, and then Wisconsin territory, where the Missouri Compromise of 1820 prohibited slavery
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