Question

Prior to the Civil War, abolitionists reacted to the situation described in the poster by

100 DOLLARS
REWARD!
Ranaway from the subscriber on the
27th of July, my Black Woman, named
EMILY,
Seventeen years of age, well grown, black
color, has a whining voice. She took with
her one dark calico and one blue and white
dress, a red corded gingham bonnet; a
white striped shawl and slippers. I will pay
the above reward if taken near the Ohio
river on the Kentucky side, or THREE
HUNDRED DOLLARS, if taken in the State
of Ohio, and delivered to me
Lewisburg, Mason County, Ky.
THO'S H. WILLIAMS.
August 4, 1853
Source: Ohio Historical Center Archivos (adapted)
near
O proposing a stricter fugitive slave law
opposing the Emancipation Proclamation
supporting the Underground Railroad
O banning freed slaves from Northern states

Answer 1

supporting the Underground Railroad

Step-by-step explanation:

The Underground Railroad was not a literal railroad but a symbolic one that stood for the secret pathways followed by slaves to escape from their masters, as well as the houses, where they stayed in the course of their flight. In that period, the American slave masters frequently lost their slaves because they wanted to run away from the hardships they experienced. An example of such a loss is the one experienced by the master in this poster.

They fled to free states, that is, states in the United States where the slave trade was not allowed, or to countries like Canada that did not permit slave trade. The abolitionists who were against the slave trade supported the movement and aided their flight with these underground railroads.