If taking about Dred Scott, it might be said that he sued for his freedom but lost. He was a slave and his freedom was denied even though he lived in a free territory.
-Solomon Northrup was a back freedman who lived in New York. He was capture and sold into the New Orleans slave market.
-Roger B Taney repealed effectively the Missouri compromise.
The continual flow of the free market is driven by self interest and competition.
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This is false. Like most European countries, France was most interested in the import and trade of things like tobacco and sugar.
