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Dred Scott was an enslaved African American bought by an army doctor in Missouri, a slave state. Scott claimed he should be free because he once lived in areas of the North where slavery was prohibited. |
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While the immediate issue was Dred Scott's status, the court also had the opportunity to rule on the question of slavery in the territories. The U.S Supreme Court ruled that a slaves or Dred Scott who had resided in a free state and territory where not entitled to have freedom. |
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Amos Tuck formed the Republican Party. Anti-slavery Whigs had begun meeting in the upper midwestern states to discuss the formation of a new party. |
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