Chapter IV: Fugitives and Their Friends

Sec. 63. Methods of escape 53

Sec. 64. Reasons for escape 54

Sec. 65. Conditions of slave life 55

Sec. 66. Escapes to the woods 56

Sec. 67. Escapes to the North 57

Sec. 68. Use of protection papers 58

Sec. 69. Fugitives disguised as whites: Craft case 58

Sec. 70. Underground Railroad 60

Sec. 71. Rise and growth of the system 60

Sec. 72. Methods pursued 61

Sec. 73. Colored agents of the Underground Railroad 62

Sec. 74. Prosecutions of agents 63

Sec. 75. Formal organization 63

Sec. 76. General effect of escapes 64

CHAPTER V.

_PERSONAL LIBERTY LAWS._

Sec. 77. Character of the personal liberty laws 65

Sec. 78. Acts passed before the Prigg decision (1793-1842) 65

Sec. 79. Acts passed between the Prigg decision and
the second Fugitive Slave Law (1842-1850) 66

Sec. 80. Acts occasioned by the law of 1850 (1850-1860) 66

Sec. 81. Massachusetts acts 67

Sec. 82. Review of the acts by States 69

Sec. 83. Effect of the personal liberty laws 70