The nation's intense reaction to the Dred Scott decision<span> not only had an ... Sandford, it is important to first detail the life </span>Dred Scott<span> and his family </span>led<span> .... on the side of freedom, let the </span>next President<span> be a Republican, and </span>1860<span> will ... that the </span>ruling<span> meant "Congress has no power </span>over Slavery<span> in the Territories but to support it.
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The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 marked the official beginning of freedom for enslaved African Americans in the Confederacy, although many did not hear of it for several months. ... This slow-spreading freedom eventually slowed the Confederate economy and helped guarantee its defeat at the hands of the Union.
