
Escaping slavery in the American South
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Are You Searching for a Fugitive?
Ads would largely appear in local newspapers, but they may also appear like a circular as well. The idea with these ads was that members of the public, is, is right? Would would be on the lookout, and identify people. Were there anybody that was professionally involved in trying to retrieve enslave people that had escaped? Yes, sure, si, there's professional a. qt slave catcher. And i actually found one of those that clearly someone, a professional, had taken off the wall and actually scribbled on the back of it and posted it back to the person. They were trying to basically strike a deal. Why don't you employ me to do that? It started
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