单词 | 人身自由 |
释义 | 〔Scott〕American slave who sued for his liberty after spending four years with his master in a territory where slavery had been banned by the Missouri Compromise. The resulting decision by the U.S. Supreme Court (1857) declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional because a slave could not be taken from a master without due process of law.斯科特,德雷德:(1795?-1858) 美国黑奴,在已被密苏里协议禁止使用奴隶的地区与他的主人住了四年后,向法院提出诉讼要求人身自由。美国最高法院作出裁决(1857年),认为密苏里协议是不合法的,因为一个黑奴如没有一定的法律程序是不能从他的主人那里获得自由的 |
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