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I as a woman in the 1800s would never be expected to help in this situation, so already this question is rather weak. Let's assume for argument's sake I am a man. Am I a sheriff's deputy? Am I on the Sheriff's payroll? If I am not then I will not be participating in this manhunt, as I will not be paid for it. In addition, I oppose the action morally and I cannot be made to look for someone if it is not my job, nor am I an indentured servant. To the point about having to pay more money than I make in an entire year, I have a few more questions... Why am I being financially penalized for refusing to work without compensation. Why am I being punished for not doing the sheriff's job? What law does this stem from? This entire prompt seems like it is drawn up to create sympathy for sheriffs and bounty hunters who sought to find runaway enslaved people... Where is the assignment asking students to imagine that they are an enslaved person who has had their children ripped from the arms and sold to the highest bidder?
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