Congress has legislated on the subject of slavery in the territories all the way up from the adoption of the constitution to the present time; and this legislation has been sustained by the judiciary of both the general and state governments, and carried into execution by the executive power of both.
Mann outlines the historical legislative actions regarding slavery in U.S. territories since the Constitution's adoption.
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