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The Dred Scott case or Dred Scott v. Sandford was a big factor in strainging North-South tensions, seeing as essentially Congress couldn't actually control the spread of slavery.
What if Dred Scott had died of infection in Missouri, before he sued for himself?
Would the civil war have been set back a bit?