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s] as a subordinate and inferior class of beings, who had been subjugated by the dominant race, and, whether emancipated or not, yet remained subject to their authority." (Dred Scott v. Sanford). The court also ruled the 1820 Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, thereby allowing slavery to be instituted in every State. The author of the majority decision in the case, Chief Justice Roger Taney, "was subsequently vilified an

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