Search Efforts for Runaway Slaves by Benjamin Kovacev https://padlet.com/1330898/6bkdwj77yv61 Ben Kovacev period 8 en-us 2017-12-07 23:20:51 UTC 2017-12-08 01:09:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Underground railroad 1330898 https://padlet.com/1330898/6bkdwj77yv61/wish/214361700 Groups such as Quakers, and while abolitionists helped runaway slaves escape on the underground railroad. Another part of the railroad was inventive codes to communicate with each other, such as special coded phrases and candles in house windows.The type of people part of this and how they made it work is very interesting.]]> 2017-12-08 00:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/1330898/6bkdwj77yv61/wish/214361700 What effect slaves escaping had on southern life 1330898 https://padlet.com/1330898/6bkdwj77yv61/wish/214362165 The escape of slaves was more impactful than just the production they provided. Their running away caused the slave owners to pay for slave hunters, rewards for finding the slaves, if the slave got jailed or had to go to court, and more. This information is showing how the search efforts could be costly and were still worth it to many slave owners.]]> 2017-12-08 00:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/1330898/6bkdwj77yv61/wish/214362165 The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 1330898 https://padlet.com/1330898/6bkdwj77yv61/wish/214363438 A multiple section act that commissioned the ability to chase a slave into free state territory, the government being forced to aid slave owners , and the northern states were forced to turn in any fugitives found. This was written to get the South's approval on The Compromise of 1850. These details on the Fugitive Slave Act convey new ways owners could attempt to get back their slaves. ]]> 2017-12-08 00:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1330898/6bkdwj77yv61/wish/214363438 Picture of Anthony Burns 1330898 https://padlet.com/1330898/6bkdwj77yv61/wish/214364008 ​
This is a picture of Anthony Burns, who was a fugitive slave. He was arrested in 1854 for running away from his owners in Richmond, and made it all the way to Boston. His arrest caused riots by abolitionists, who eventually bought his freedom after a year. Burns was a victim of the Fugitive Slave Act, who ran from Richmond to Boston, just to be captured in a free state.
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]]> 2017-12-08 00:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/1330898/6bkdwj77yv61/wish/214364008 Slave hunter warning poster 1330898 https://padlet.com/1330898/6bkdwj77yv61/wish/214364809 The background for this project is an example of a poster warning for the slave hunter coming to town. After The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, no slaves were safe even in northern states, so fugitives had to always be on the look out even when across the border. The posters are a representation of how far owners would take trying to find their runaways. They'd pay people who would hunt the country for a single slave.]]> 2017-12-08 00:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/1330898/6bkdwj77yv61/wish/214364809 So what? 1330898 https://padlet.com/1330898/6bkdwj77yv61/wish/214365806 What were the search efforts for runaway slaves like? Well, looking at all the information here, I can say they were costly, with hiring of hunters and paying for rewards and such. They were also time consuming, with slaves running throughout the country. And for the slaves it was the moment of no return, do or die. They had dogs and people on their tails constantly, with a goal of freedom being the driving force for travelling miles and miles. And even some success stories like Anthony Burns got arrested in a north state so for some it never ended. ]]> 2017-12-08 01:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1330898/6bkdwj77yv61/wish/214365806