"Poser" is the easiest explanation, otherwise things get... complicated.
As I said, unless your ancestors were Kansas Jayhawkers or part of John Brown's family, they committed no violence against slavers before 1861.
So what exactly were they "guilty" of, helping the Underground Railroad?
And they did this in violation of orders from Federal officials?
No, of course not, they were unhindered by Federal law enforcement -- law enforcement that was under strict control of Democrats in Washington, DC.
Why were Democrats so lackadaisical about enforcing their own Fugitive Slave laws?
Because there were too few Fugitives to make a difference in their 4 million slave population -- a few dozen a month, nearly all from anti-slavery Border State areas (i.e., Missouri, Maryland).
Those fugitives made no serious difference in the Deep South until... until... until they needed an excuse for declaring secession and then suddenly Fugitive Slaves became their defining constitutional breech.
Indeed, slavers' need for a Constitutional breech may help explain why there was so little enforcement in the first place.
So the Underground Railroad became a fig leaf Deep South Fire Eaters used to cover otherwise totally "at pleasure" and therefore unconstitutional declarations of secession.
See, DiogenesLamp, anybody can play your ludicrous conspiracy games.
“So what exactly were they “guilty” of, helping the Underground Railroad?”
The “Fugitive Slave Act of 1850” required that all escaped slaves, upon capture, be returned to their masters and that officials and citizens of free states had to cooperate or face jail and fines.
I never said that my family committed violence against slavers, read my post.
I said that my family broke federal law because of their faith.
Slow down and read the posts before you respond so absolutely.
True, not many slaves successfully escaped, maybe 1,000 a year, hard to document. But my family regularly helped a few a month while a very small part of the network. The network was very secretive and it is unlikely that historians have much of a grasp of the full extent.
“anti-slavery Border State areas (i.e., Missouri, Maryland)” ??? Better check your facts, those were slave states that didn’t secede.