
Escaping slavery in the American South
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How Far Away Can You Make a Successful Escape?
Was there a sense of how far away you'd have to get to be able to make a successful escape? For example, were these adverts just circulated in local newspapers or state newspapers? They go beyond that. Certainly a local newspapers, primarily within the vicinity of where the person escaped. It may also be circulated in ah any any states. Fugitivey tends to be cross border. So again, they may be circulated a little bit further than thea. The loca,. i think, i think, again, it raises a really important question, because o you can you cn make across a national a boundary and border.
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