[Ditto]

I can see where they could free someone born into their laws, but I cannot see how they can free someone born into the laws of another state, at least not without violating the Union Compact, the breaking of which you seemed to regard as sufficient cause for a group of states leaving the Union.

The legal basis of it dates back to British Common Law predating our independence. There were dozens of cases where state courts in slave states declared slaves free in identical cases as Dred Scott. here is the case of Rachel v. Walker

[BroJoeK]

Ditto to DiogenesLamp on state abolition laws: "The legal basis of it dates back to British Common Law predating our independence.
There were dozens of cases where state courts in slave states declared slaves free in identical cases as Dred Scott.
here is the case of Rachel v. Walker "

We should take note that here, and in some others of your excellent posts, the response from DiogenesLamp is a thunderous, deafening silence.

How do they score in tennis? Point, set, match?