What was the incentive to rule in favor of slaveholders when a runaway was taken into custody and brought before the federal commisioner?

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What was the incentive to rule in favor of slaveholders when a runaway was taken into custody and brought before the federal commisioner?

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Baron Banks · Answer 1

The main incentive to rule in favor of slaveholders when a runaway was taken into custody and brought before the federal commissioner was because such a ruling would technically be upholding a person's "right to property" which was thought to be protected.