badge of slavery

badge of slavery.

1. Strictly, a legal disability suffered by a slave, such as the inability to vote or to own property.

2. Broadly, any act of racial discrimination — public or private — that Congress can prohibit under the 13th Amendment. [Cases: Constitutional Law 83(2). C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 482–486.]

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词条贡献者

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