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The question was this: Can a slaveholder move from a slave State to a Territory and be protected under the Constitution in holding his slaves as property?
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “The question was this: Can a slaveholder move from a slave State to a Territory and be protected under the Constitution…”
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Boutwell discusses a critical legal question regarding the rights of slaveholders in U.S. Territories.
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