Answer:
some stuff happened somewhere
They were being forced to pay the church with goods and they were being made to do manual labor, while often times being physically abused.
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. <span />
C ending the world
i hope this helps lol
