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The fugitive was welcomed in the cities, and protected against pursuit.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The fugitive was welcomed in the cities, and protected against pursuit.”
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Sumner asserts that fugitives were welcomed and protected in urban areas against slave catchers.
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