they needed to know the trails and all that stuff
A runaway slave would need protection, a safe hiding place, and access to food and water to survive and evade capture. They would also benefit from support and guidance from individuals or organizations that oppose slavery and are willing to help them escape to freedom.
Because they needed help to find the runaway slave.
Under the Fugitive Slave Act, people could be imprisoned for helping a runaway slave. The act was passed in 1850.
A young, unmarried man.
I think it was a $1000 fine.
fugitive slave act
Runaway Slave was created in 1991.
A runaway slave needed to have in hand some kind of paperwork in order to make to the North. If the slave was apprehended without paperwork to prove that he was a free man, that slave could be returned to his master, or taken by another master.
Runaway Slave - 2012 is rated/received certificates of: USA:PG
The cast of The Runaway Slave - 1912 includes: Henry Belmar
Because they needed help to find the runaway slave.
Yes
Runaway slaves didn't have code names.
They were called fugitives. A fugitive is a runaway slave
Under the Fugitive Slave Act, people could be imprisoned for helping a runaway slave. The act was passed in 1850.
Tom
underground railroad
Fugitive =)