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Excellent point re moving to a free state, if that had been

Posted on: October 22, 2019 at 13:59:16 CT

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the case which it was not.

But the law at the time did not distinguish to a significant degree a person's property whether it was a horse, a dog or a slave.

As i said initially, it was immoral but legal. Immorality is an opinion, legality is a fact. The court does not sit in judgement on morality, but on the letter and meaning of the law.

I appreciate you point about a slaveowner relocating rather than just visiting a free state. Hadn't considered that.

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Probably so - Mormad MU - 10/22 13:49:40

Excellent point re moving to a free state, if that had been - hokie VT - 10/22 13:59:16

That was Scott's argument.. - MrBlueSky MU - 10/22 14:56:30

That was essentially Scott's argument - Mormad MU - 10/22 14:02:42

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Which has nothing to do with the merits of the case. nm - hokie VT - 10/22 13:43:43

He made it part of the case, so of course it does - MrBlueSky MU - 10/22 13:45:27

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Never said he wasn't a bigot. I only said that that is all - hokie VT - 10/22 13:40:48

You've ignored every thing else I said. (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 10/22 13:41:17

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Ideology is important say the libs re SCOTUS. They - hokie VT - 10/22 13:52:57

That's because you're misinterpreting what I said - Mormad MU - 10/22 13:58:01

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