alt.war.civil.usa

"scribe7716" wrote in message
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> On Sep 6, 10:59?am, "HWAYNE" wrote:
> > Just provide a way for the CS army to bring back property found on
campaign.
> > Who is a slave and who is not? How would you make the determination?
What
> > would be the first presumption?
>
> How about a presumption of innocence, that is, a presumption that a
> man is free. Or is it your belief that blacks had no right to such a
> presumption? That all blacks were to be considered slaves unless and
> until it could be proven otherwise?
>
> Speaking of rights, since you seem to support that slave catchers...
> in or out of uniform... had an absolute right to roundup up blacks
> presuming they were slaves, do you believe slaves had any right to
> escape to freedom? Any legal right? Any natural right?
>

he won't answer but his and mike's answer would be that property doesn't
have any rights. natural or otherwise.