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Beyond doubt, if the Territory of Kansas required a prohibition against slavery, the Territory of Colorado and the Territory of Nevada, which lay as far south, needed it also.
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Blaine asserts that if Kansas required anti-slavery measures, so too did Colorado and Nevada, emphasizing the need for consistency in policy.
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