Slave Catcher Poster (1851)

-The failure of the new fugitive slave law to resolve the issue of slavery

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Slave Catcher Poster (1851)
 
-The failure of the new fugitive slave law to resolve the issue of slavery

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The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case in 1857 further entrenched the idea that slaves were property and not entitled to freedom, making the issue of slavery even more divisive and unresolved. This ultimately contributed to the growing tensions between the North and South and the eventual outbreak of the Civil War. Popular sovereignty, which allowed territories to vote on whether to allow slavery or not, was ultimately unsuccessful in resolving the issue as it only prolonged the debate and did not address the larger moral question of slavery.