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Episodes tagged "fugitive slave": 1 through 3 of 3

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  1. The Henry Watson Story
    date 1813 to 1823map FREDERICK, Virginiatags Slave Trade, Slavery, fugitive slave

    In the year 1813 right outside Fredericksburg, Virginia, a slave was born. The name of the slave was Henry Watson. Henry was born into slavery by his late mother, Letty. Like most slaves he had no recollection of his age, he had heard that the age of a slave is kept by the different seasons of the year. If a child were to ask of their age, the answer would be similar to this quote “this planting...

  2. Community: The Saving Grace of Slavery
    date 1822map KENT, Marylandtags Slavery, Community, fugitive slave

    Huddled beneath a large, decrepit tree in the woods, Isaac Mason was closer to freedom than ever before.  He had escaped his master, which seemingly should have been the hardest part of his journey.  However, Mason found himself desperately trying to convince his fellow fugitives that freedom was worth it—worth the wait and worth the nerves.  Mason’s whole future, and his freedom, was on the...

  3. Runaway Slaves in Ohio
    date January 8, 1845map HAMILTON, Ohiotags Slavery, fugitive slave

    More often than not, Ohio citizens showed no signs of guilt for the part they played in helping fugitive slaves. A Cincinnati newspaper editor bristled at the suggestion that his fellow Ohioans had deliberately committed crimes. "We have seen no evidence of it," he wrote in 1845. "We are not aware that any of them entered the slave States for the sake of helping off slaves. Being in those states, they...