In the 1840s and 1850s, the Supreme Court began addressing these impositions on statesâ rights. In Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842), the court struck down a Pennsylvania law preventing the transportation of any ânegro or mullatoâ for the purposes of returning the person to slaveryâbecause federal law superseded state law.
The dumbbell, a type of free weight, is a piece of equipment used in weight training. It can be used individually or in pairs, with one in each hand.
dumb (comparative dumber, superlative dumbest) (dated) Unable to speak; lacking power of speech (kept in deaf, dumb, and blind). His younger brother was born dumb, and communicated with sign language.â. Hooker to unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.