I believe the answer is C because the court ruled that he was not a free man because 1. He was a slave and the court believed that if you were black, then you were not a n American Citizen and 2. He was the property of his own. Sorry, I could be wrong.
Explanation:
Legislature is a word that comes from the Latin language, meaning "those who write the laws." A legislature is therefore a group of people who vote for new laws, for example in a state or country.