[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Not only interesting, but incredible. Difficult to believe

Show me where they appealed to the courts and I'll happilly retract it. Meanwhile read the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act and tell me what else they wanted, since they already had a law on the books that allowed slave catchers to force northerners to help them, something akin to forcing pro-life activists to assist in performing abortions.

[stand watie]

actually, like almost everything else you post, your opinion is SILLY inasmuch as NOBODY needed to forced to act as "slave-catchers". the north was FILLED with persons who wanted the $$$$$$$ & HAPPILY sold the slaves back to the owners.

SOME of those who acted as "slave-catchers" were also said to be "abolitionists".

the FACTS are that northerners wanted the $$$$$$$$ & cared less (as a group) about the "plight of the slaves".

i'd bet that you couldn't have found 20,000 REAL abolitionists in ALL of the north. they SHOULD have cared;they did BOT.

free dixie,sw