[Knitebane]

In brief, you are suggesting this was an entirely UNLAWFUL operation.

Not at all. It was entirely legal to lease slaves from out-of-state.

[muawiyah]

Hmmm. That'd probably explain why Uncle Jim Donald was always going over there ~ he had a bunch of slave-catchers buried out in his orchard.

I'll check on GGrandpa's personal diary over here in my cabinet to see if there's a reference to "salt".