Runaway
Slaves
By
Federal Law of the
It is Illegal to:
Willingly obstruct,
hinder, or prevent from arrest fugitives
from service or labor.
It is
Illegal to:
Rescue, or
attempt to rescue, fugitives from service or labor, from the custody of such
claim.
It is
Illegal to:
Aid, abet,
or assist such persons so owing service or labor, directly or indirectly,
to escape from such claim.
It is
Illegal to:
Harbor or
conceal fugitives from service or labor, so as to prevent the discovery
and arrest of such persons, after notice or knowledge of the fact that such
persons are fugitive from service or labor.
Penalty of Law:
For either of said criminal offences, offenders shall be subject
to a fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars, and imprisonment not
exceeding six months, by indictment and conviction
and pay, by way of civil
damages to the parties
injured by such illegal conduct, the sum of one thousand dollars for each fugitive so lost to be recovered by action of debt.
"Let us put a stop to slave stealing!"