{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Worth pointing out that from the perspective of the slave South, the issue with abolitionists wasn't merely (merely!) that they...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/694966660973690881/", "html": "<p>Worth pointing out that from the perspective of the slave South, the issue with abolitionists wasn&rsquo;t <i>merely</i> (merely!) that they were a political movement seeking to tear down the foundation on which Dixie society was built and legitimated, it was that in engaging in &ldquo;underground railroad&rdquo; direct action, in refusing to return escaped slaves or even resisting federal agents returning them under the Fugitive Slave Act, this faction indulged by northern Yankees were understood as fancy-talking <i>cattle thieves</i></p>"}