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To start with, runaway slaves were hunted down like animals. If a slave did managed to run, they would most likely have few provisions and little information about the countryside surrounding the plantation from which they were escaping. It would also be extremely difficult for a runaway to “blend in”. If a “black” was seen unaccompanied by a “white” in the south, they were expected to present “papers” showing that they were free or provide a paper from their master indicating that they had permission to travel to a specific destination. Without such papers, a “black” individual was considered a runaway slave and had no rights. There were also “patrols” that roamed the countryside keeping a watch for possible runaways and men that a slave owner could hire to track down a runaway.
Then there was raw fear. If a runaway was caught, they would most likely be severely beaten by their captors before being returned to their master. In some cases, runaways had ears or fingers cutoff to set an example that would discourage others from running. Runaways would then often be tied behind a horse with their hands bound and expected to run or be dragged by the horses rider back to their owner. Finally a runaway would almost certainly be severely horsewhipped until their backs were a mass of open and bleeding wounds. If they survived this punishment they were quite likely to die from disease as the open wounds festered.
Women who were held as slaves risked having their children taken from them and sold to sold off as punishment for running. It was also common practice for a runaway slave that had been caught to be sold by their master to a plantation farther south. Such an action would make it much more difficult for a slave to escape and successfully make their way north. It was also true, in many cases, that this would mean a much more difficult life. Southern plantations were knows for working slaves to death under the even more inhuman conditions imaginable.
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