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Why did some slave owners offered a reward form the return of runaway slaves?
Because they can offered a reward for runaway slaves.....Then
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A person whose business was catching escaped slaves to return them to their owners was called a "slave catcher."
Number of runaway slaves that made it to the north?
Over 100,000 slaves made it to the north
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