This is not a SFW instance. NSFW communities will be tagged, and efforts will be made to keep SFW communities clean, but proceed at your own comfort level.
A 33-year-old nurse near Detroit helped a man captured by Border Patrol walk out of a hospital and regain his freedom. We celebrate Chloe Freeman’s example. Drop the charge and reinstate her!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850
Even before this, slaves were literally considered the property of the slave owner, so yes they considered it illegal to “take away their property”