Runaway Slaves: Rebels on a Plantation

What is the subject of this book (the subject of this book). The theme of this book is about how the runway greatly affects slavery. Running means losing your property, so if his slave does not run away from the plantation, or if they find a way to escape in secret, at least get the greatest benefit of their slaveowners Please check it. As a proportion of slaves seems to be obedient, some of them are the main slaves planned to flee. You can not assume that you will leave a more hostile slave.

For the detailed history of runaway slaves, see John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger, "Runaway Slaves: Rebels to Plantation (2000)". In Virginia you can also see a special story that Shadrach Minkins escaped from slavery and was arrested under the Runaway Slave Act in Boston in 1851. Before his case was heard, a group of blacks invaded the court and stealed freedom of Canadian Minkins, where he helped build a community for fugitives in Montreal. Gary Collison, Shadrach Minkins: From Runaway Slave to Citizenship (1998)

The escape from the slave's house is a long-standing problem at the southern plantation. During the southern slave farming system, the nature of the fugitive and its destination changed, but after the spread of cotton and sugar cultivation bond holders escaped for three general reasons. For the owner the most common and most unnoticed concern may be those who respond to actual or perceived corruption in a short period of time only to understand some owners of slave labor. After all, this is the way for a slave to fulfill their own way to stop the master's intentions,

After the revolution, the most common form of slave resistance is gradually disappearing. Uncontrollable slaves saw their action released from slavery; the slave owner thought it was stolen. The slave owner thought that the slave was property, and when the slave ran away he stole himself. For various reasons, the slave escaped. Many people fled the northern part of the country to find freedom, but most of the fugitives ran away from nearby farms. Flying is dangerous and male slaves are more likely to escape than women's slaves. Fugitive slaves encountered slave patrols, slave hunters, dogs, wildlife, and unfamiliar surroundings. Despair, starvation, and fear let many fugitives return to their master