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What supreme court decision in effect meant that the constitution protected slavery?.
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What supreme court decision in effect meant that the constitution protected slavery?.

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott decision that Congress had exceeded its authority in the Missouri Compromise because it had no power to forbid or abolish slavery in the territories west of Missouri and north of latitude 36°30′.
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