In the first instance, many had argued that slavery had previously been prohibited under Mexican law, just as it was prohibited in Nebraska under the Missouri Compromise.
最初の例として、多くの者はメキシコの法で奴隷制が以前から禁じられていたとまさに同じように、ネブラスカでもミズーリ妥協で禁じられていたと論じた。