The slaves freed through the civil war committed no crime. They were taken or born slaves.
Criminals have shown their behavior to be counter productive to the laws of our society.
Criminals have shown their behavior to be counter productive to the laws of our society.
Or were wrongly convicted. Or were convicted of an unjust law. Or any number of other things.
"Broke a law" doesn't justify making someone a slave. Even the "undesirables" are human.
If Democrats really supported bodily autonomy, they would push to make all drugs legal.