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E. The Reaction to Abolition ............................................. 44
II. Blacks in Nineteenth Century Antebellum Maryland .............................. 45
A. The Decline of Slavery ................................................ 45
B. Prejudice Against Free Blacks .......................................... 47
C. Property or Freedom .................................................. 49
D. Groups Concerned with Ending Slavery .................................. 50
E. Nat Turner's Rebellion ............................................... 51
F. The Failure of Colonization ............................................ 53
III. Dred Scott v Sandford ...................................................... 57
A. The Maryland Connection ............................................. 58
B. Dred Scott v. Sandford ............................................... 60
1. Opinion of Mr. Justice Taney .................................... 61
a. Citizenship ............................................. 61
i. Colonial Laws ..................................... 64
ii. Declaration of Independence ......................... 66
iii. Constitution ...................................... 64
iv. State Laws ....................................... 67
v. Effect of Citizenship ............................... 70
vi. Articles of Confederation ............................ 71
vii. Congressional Legislation ........................... 72
viii. Distinction between Rights of a Citizenship ............ 74
ix. Legrand Distinguished ............................. 75
x. Principles of Constitutional Construction ............... 77
b. Validity of Missouri Compromise ........................... 78
c. Status Under State Law ................................... 83
2. Concurrence of Justice Daniel .................................... 85
3. Dissent of Justice McLean ....................................... 87
4. Dissent of Justice Curtis ........................................ 88
a. Citizenship ............................................. 88
i. State Laws ........................................ 89
ii. Articles of Confederation ............................ 91
iii. The Constitution ................................... 91
iv. Effects of Grant of Citizenship ....................... 94
v. Articles of Confederation ............................ 95
vi. Naturalization Law ................................. 96
b. Effect of Missouri Law on Scott's Status
c. Missouri Compromise
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