As appalling as slavery is to us today, slaves were property.
Horses were property in Alabama and Maine.
Slaves were property in Alabama and not Maine.
Your analogy is invalid. Q.E.D.
“Your analogy is invalid.”
LMAO!
Except to me and the SCOTUS.
Amendment V
No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Didn’t matter what those states deemed to be property, by being members of the U.S. they acknowledge the property rights of other states. Guess you never heard of the Dred Scott Decision. Not surprised, given your ignorance on this subject.
Q.E.Duh