Borron v baltimore,7 pet.243, said that no "person" should be " deprived of life, libertey, or property, without due process of la" and that private property should not be taken for public use without "just compensation". Slaves,however,were not considered "person"; they were moreover "property" of the owner,and that is why lincoln years later in the 1860's thought the best route of emancipation was through eminent domain,freeing the slaves by paying the owners "just compensation