SQUATTER SOVEREIGNTY
\skwˈɒtə sˈɒvəɹˌɪnti], \skwˈɒtə sˈɒvəɹˌɪnti], \s_k_w_ˈɒ_t_ə s_ˈɒ_v_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_n_t_i]\
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A term derisively used as a substitute for the phrase "popular sovereignty," which Douglas and others used to characterize their plan of leaving it to the inhabitants of each territory to decide, without Congressional interference, whether it should become a free State or a slave State.
By John Franklin Jameson
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