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Just as a reminder, this is a lie. Slavery was illegal in pretty much EVERY state not in the South.
No, it wasn't. The South won all the battles over slavery, and could take their slaves anywhere they wanted with legal protection. In fact the Chief Justice of the SC was Justice Tainey of Maryland, famous for his rulings on Dred Scot and other slavery cases. He didn't die until 1864. And, as already pointed out, Congress never passed any laws outlawing slavery during the war, and seven slave states remained in the Union.