In the Antebellum South, the Antebellum slave law approached slaves who escaped and criminal acts taking part either by masters over slaves or slaves over masters. Also, it was considered that slaves were both personal property and merchandise ruled by civil monetary statutes regarding fraud in commercial operations and damage of private property.
This is true because he had so many votes. he was president for 5 years. 1969-1974. If this information is wrong, please let me know in the comments. Hope this helps. -Moab