The document discusses fugitive slaves who escaped from their masters to gain freedom. Many fugitive slaves ran north to free states to escape slavery, while bounty hunters sought to capture them and return them south. The Underground Railroad helped slaves escape by providing secret routes and safe houses. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required the return of all escaped slaves and increased efforts to capture fugitives. Notable fugitive slaves mentioned include Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery twice and became a famous abolitionist speaker; Harriet Jacobs, who wrote of her experiences as a female slave; and John Thompson, about whom little is known besides his escape to Philadelphia and contribution to the abolitionist press.

1. FUGITIVE SLAVES
 Running away to regain their freedom.
 They escaped their masters to travel to a
place where slavery was illegal.
 Many of the runaway slaves ran to the
northern states.
 Bounty hunters were sent out to find any run
away slaves.
 The underground railway was one way that
the slaves could to escape.

2. FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT
 Declared that all fugitive slave were to be
returned to their masters.
 The act was passed on September 18,1850
 The act was repealed on June 28, 1864
 The south agreed to have California enter
as a free state and the south got the fugitive
slave act.

3. FREDERICK BAILEY
 Ran away when he was nineteen
 He was captured and returned
 Escaped 2 years later
 He moved to Massachutes
 Frederick was self educated and he
changed his name to Douglas after
escaping the first time. He joined an
antislavery society, became a successful
speaker and became editor if the North Star.

4. HARRIET JACOBS
 Ran away when she was twenty seven
years old.
 Harriet use the pen name Linda Brent. She
was self educated.
 Wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
 Her book was the first account about a
struggle for freedom by female slaves.
 Became an a abolitionist speaker and
reformer

5. JOHN THOMPSON
 There is little know about John he was not
as famous as Harriet and Frederick and the
little that is know about him comes from his
narrative.
 He escaped to Philadelphia and feared that
he might be recaptured
 He worked in the Whaling Industry
 Contributed his story to the Massachusetts
abolitionists press.