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To: DiogenesLamp

I don’t see how Art IV, Sec 2 has any bearing here. Illinois was a free state before the Missouri Compromise (MC), so Illinois was not affected by the MC. And the State of Missouri decided that Dred Scott was a free man.

Don’t see any relevant application of Art IV, Sec 2, Cl 1 (P&I), Cl 2, or Cl 3 (escaped slave).


125 posted on 02/20/2017 9:53:37 AM PST by Jim W N
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To: Jim 0216; DiogenesLamp

Having finally looked up Article IV, Sec 2 to read it for myself, I have to join those saying it doesn’t bear on Dred Scott’s case. He was not a fugitive. If the text of the section is your highest guide that should be what matters.


128 posted on 02/20/2017 10:14:57 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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