Good Lord no. They provided safety and gave them a place to stay and something to eat.
Bull. The North held slaves, too. It was only durring after the war while history was being rewrote that the idea that the north didn’t own slaves was invented. I don’t want to refight the Civil War, and I believe that slavery is very wrong but this idea that the south mistreated their slaves is mostly a myth. They were considered property and you take care of your property. Of course there were always exceptions. I know its just bad to own another human being but we’re talking about the ninteenth century here.
So when did Indiana become part of the South? It was a hotbed of Klan activity in the earlier part of the 20th century. And I say this as someone who grew up in the Hoosier state and still has most of her family there.
I’ve lived both in the northern and southern states (currently residing in Arkansas) over the course of my 37 years. I’ve seen the good and the bad of all of them, but they’re all American. It has become a childish pasttime on FR to play this ‘but the South did this’ and ‘Lincoln did that’ game. Yes, I’m sure they both did, but it’s called HISTORY. We learn from it, remember it, and move on with history in mind.
FWIW, my father moved down South after my parents’ divorce in the 80s as his job dictated. He spent the last 10 years of his life in Florida and Georgia. He loved living there with everything he had, but he sure missed White Castles ;)