Is where voters in a new territory decided if they wanted to ban or allow slavery?

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The Dred Scott v. Sandford decision in 1857 established that territorial voters did not have the authority to ban or allow slavery; this decision held that Congress was the sole authority on the issue of slavery in the territories.

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