The process was repeated every day and night until the escaped slave was safe in New England or even Canada.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

During the nineteen fifties, the "Top Ten" list mostly included escaped prisoners, suspected murderers or people who stole money from banks.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

And it should end all state laws that interfered with the return of escaped slaves to their owners.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

Then there was the question of laws forcing northern states to return escaped slaves to their owners.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

During the Union occupation of Fredericksburg, thousands of escaped slaves fled through Virginia on their way North.

VOA: special.2011.04.15

But the animals escaped to the mainland when waters on the Chesapeake Bay froze in December.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Half his face is burned. He makes money by finding people who have escaped the law.

VOA: special.2010.06.14

And it would not lead to the return of slaves who escaped to the North.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

Young men who did not want to be soldiers often escaped by moving to America.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

An escaped slave would be hidden during the day by a member of the organization.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

Animals that escaped or were freed became the ancestors of burros in the wild today.

VOA: special.2010.02.16

She escaped by riding a horse, a skill she gained as a young girl.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

Grissom escaped. He had to swim for a few minutes before helicopters rescued him.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

The few Confederate trains that escaped capture were worn out from heavy use.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

He meets Jim,a black man who has escaped from slavery.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

Many people said Marilyn Monroe never escaped her past.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

It said nothing about laws on escaped slaves.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

Then another. And another. The army officials escaped.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

They opposed the compromise, because it might permit slavery in the New Mexico territory, and because it called for stronger laws on the return of slaves who had escaped to the North.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

The liquid oxygen escaped into space.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

Shays and some of the officers escaped.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

The northern army escaped.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

Their prisoner escaped to safety.

VOA: special.2009.06.25