"just look at the Fugitive Slave Act"

If someone stole your car and drove it to another state would the thief have the right to keep it? Would you not want it back?

The same thing with a slave in 1860.

Establishing laws that enforce the Constitutional Rights of people between various states is a legitimate function of a National Government. That is what the Dred Scott decision was all about. We follow the same principals today. Your Drivers License is valid in all 50 States as long as it is valid in the State which you live in.

Like it or not there were several classifications of people in the United States 1860. Not even white women were considered as citizens and had few rights. The American Indian is another example of the differing class cultures that existed in the society of the United States. Ask the Irish or the Jew in New York City.

Separation of ethnic groups was a way of life throughout the entire populace of the world even among whites in America at that time, and among Blacks in Africa even today.