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i use the 1850 law as my cut-off point because it was an attempt to find a national solution to the issues posed by the movement of escaped slaves across state borders. but it only intensified the conflict, leading to the supreme court’s ruling seven years later in dred scott… — PolitiTweet.org

b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie

the conceptual point here is that the legal status of a black person could change from state to state. in kentucky, they might be property, compelled to work under an owner who had legal rights in state and federal courts. — PolitiTweet.org