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Can Congress limit slavery in the Louisiana Territory under the provisions

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yes they can it is said in a history book about it
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Answer:

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all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of

Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude,

not included within the limits of the state, contemplated by this act, slavery and

involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the

parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited:

Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labour or

service is lawfully claimed, in any state or territory of the United States, such

fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her

labour or service as aforesaid.

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