When neighboring states held slaves, their fellow Americans risked their own lives, reputation and property, in order to take as many as those slaves as possibl

When neighboring states held slaves, their fellow Americans risked their own lives, reputation and property, in order to take as many as those slaves as possible into the northern states where they would be free. If some tyrannical bastard, in lets say New Jersey, was causing your fellow man harm, would you not join with me in attempting to free them? It is by no means a perfect system, but I think a release value like it would be helpful in diverse times like these.