What was the name of the Supreme Court Case that was to decide the slavery issue?

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Gunnar Reid

11 June, 09:58

What was the name of the Supreme Court Case that was to decide the slavery issue?

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S. Supreme Court hands down its decision on Sanford v. 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.