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 Posted by Paul Hyett on 11/07/06 18:45 
In rec.video.dvd.tech on Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Citizen Bob wrote : 
>On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:15:23 GMT, Paul Hyett 
><pah@nojunkmailplease.co.uk> wrote: 
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>>>In the 1850s juries exonerated Northerners who aided runaway slaves. 
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>>Whereas 'PTravel' would have had them on the end of a rope... 
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>The Fugitive Slave Act made it "illegal" to aid an escaped slave. 
 
Why was that law even passed, when the North was supposed to be  
anti-slavery? 
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Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett
 
  
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