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As you read these arguments and learn more about the case, keep in
mind that, as historian Eric Foner has pointed
out(http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/74/), “Rather than being receptive
to abolitionist sentiment, the courts were among the main defenders of
slavery.” Because this case dealt with the international slave trade, its
ruling had no impact on the status of slaves in the United States.