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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 206551, member: 44&quot;]Interesting document! I too would love to see it. It didn&#039;t matter if a state was free or not. A slave could be hunted down anywhere in the US because of the Dred Scott Case. Slavery was completely abolished in NY in 1827; however, in accordance to the Dred Scott case of 1857 it upheld the practice, making it completely legal, that a slave brought to a free slave by their owner remained a slave. Dred Scott had been brought to a free state by his owner, can&#039;t remember the state. He went to court to sue for his freedom. He lost. This meant that slaves running for their freedom had to get to Canada. They could still be hunted down in the free states - anywhere in the US. The Dred Scott decision really riled the anti-slavery elements of the North, the Republicans, and caused cheers in the slave states.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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