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How did many of the slaveowners react when their slaves escaped?

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How did many of the slaveowners react when their slaves escaped?

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They did not care one way or another. b) They hoped the escaped slaves would enjoy their new lives. c) They tried to get their slaves back. ANSWER: C. Many slaveowners felt they were losing valuable “property” and took measures to get their slaves back. Many put advertisements in the newspapers with rewards for returning escaped slaves. [Display the overhead of the Delaware Gazette. Read the escaped slave advertisement with reward]. Other slaveowners hired men to track down their slaves and bring them back. Discuss the 1793 Federal Slave Law and the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law. (See background of lesson). Other slaveowners tried to track down slaves by themselves.