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A general parody on the 1860 presidential contest, highlighting the impact of the Dred Scott decision on the race. That controversial decision, handed down in 1857 by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, ruled that neither the federal government nor territorial governments could prohibit slavery in the territories.
What was Dred Scott decision ?
Dred Scott decision, formally Dred Scott v. John F.A. Sandford, legal case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled (7-2) on March 6, 1857, that a slave (Dred Scott) who had took up residence in a free state and territory (where slave trade was prohibited) was not thereby permitted to his freedom; that African Americans were not and will never be citizens of this Country; and that the Missouri Compromise (1820), which had announced free all territories west of Missouri and north of The decision fueled sectarianism and brought the country closer to civil conflict.
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