But, you know, you are doing a very risky thing; for the assisting a runaway slave to escape is about as serious an offense as you can commit in these parts.
Nothing: good Chalousma wine, his wife, the torture of a heretic or runaway slave, could make him quiver and glitter with delight as much as the thought of the exquisitely wrought image of a Metzva Moosh bird.
They had turned him in to the soldiers of a nearby garrison, thinking he must be a runaway slave on whom they'd collect a reward.
I'm sure my father would wish to help the black, if he is a runaway slave, for he hates the system of slavery as much as any man," observed Dan.
Some masters advertise so much for a runaway slave, dead or alive.
Every colored stranger that walks the streets is suspected of being a runaway slave, hence he must be interrogated by every negro hater whom he meets, and should he not have a pass, he must be arrested and hurried off to jail.
This is the law which, for over half a century, has prescribed the modes in which a runaway slave may be retaken.
We see no inconsistency or impropriety in supporting the system of free-trade between the States, and refusing to support the domestic slave-trade; in supporting the patent laws, and refusing to aid in returning a runaway slave.
The lawyer rose, saying, "Every one will know to-day that Josiah was a runaway slave.
Mr. Breckinridge has twice referred to the appearance of a runaway slave at my lectures in London, and has accused me of carrying him about with me, to enact interludes during my meeting.
A colored man, who stated that he was entitled to freedom was taken up as a runaway slave, and lodged in the jail of Washington City.
A runaway slave may be put into jail, and the jailer must forthwith send a letter by mail, to the man whom the negro says is his owner.
Another instance of summary punishment inflicted on a runaway slave, is told by a respectable gentleman from South Carolina, with whom I am acquainted.
I wished the man to be released, but they said that this could not be, for he was a runaway slave, who had committed many depredations, and for whose apprehension a considerable reward was offered by his master.
No laws could ever be enacted in the Hebrew commonwealth by which a runaway slave could be restored to his master.
The following document enters into details for the recovery of a runaway slave.
No magistrate could on any pretence deliver up a runaway slave.
But, you know, you are doing a very risky thing; for the assisting of a runaway slave to escape is about as serious an offense as you can commit in these parts.
His wife happened to overhear the conversation; and having a pitcher of scalding water in her hand, she ran out saying, "Do you propose to hire my husband to watch neighbor Hopper's premises for a runaway slave?
He at once accused him of being a runaway slave, and ordered him to go to the house with him.
There is no use in trying to capture a runaway slave in Philadelphia," rejoined the master.
He seemed unable to grasp the thought that she was actually of his race, a runaway slave, or permit his tongue to utter any words of equality.
You must accept me just as I am--a runaway slave and a negress, but also a woman.
The former group of laws were enacted, for the most part, in the early days of statehood, for a runaway slave was a natural evil in any condition of servitude.
Any Negro violating this law was to be treated as a runaway slave.
Failing to seize a runaway slave, when he has him in his power, is held to be one of the most dishonorable acts to which a southern planter can subject himself.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "runaway slave" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
