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