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The Supreme Court of the United States has decided, what was known to us all to have been the existing state of affairs for fifty years, that slaves are property.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “The Supreme Court of the United States has decided, what was known to us all to have been the existing state of affairs…”
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Julian highlights the Supreme Court's ruling that classified slaves as property, reflecting the legal status of slavery in the United States.
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