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LAWS AND AMENDMENTS
Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
11th Amendment (1795)
13th Amendment (1865)
14th Amendment (1868)
15th Amendment (1870)
Civil Rights Act of 1875
LETTERS
Letter, Roger Brooke Taney to Caleb Cushing, November 9, 1857
NEWS MEDIA
Editorial response of the New York TRIBUNE to the Dred Scott decision (12 March 1857)
Editorial response of the Richmond, Virginia, ENQUIRER to the Dred Scott decision (13 March 1857)
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
Marbury v. Madision (1803)
SPEECHES AND PUBLIC STATEMENTS
President Andrew Jackson's Veto Message Regarding the Bank of the United States, (10 July 1832)
President Jackson's Proclamation Regarding Nullification (10 December 1832)
Abraham Lincoln's "House Divided" Speech (16 June 1858)
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