Briefly summarize the facts of the dred scott case and discuss the impact that the decision had on the growing conflict between north and south in the antebellum period.

The Dred Scott Decision outraged abolitionists, who saw the Supreme Court's ruling as a way to stop debate about slavery in the territories. The divide between North and South over slavery grew and culminated in the secession of southern states from the Union and the creation of the Confederate States of America.

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