slaves were beeten and overworked and had the most terrible life. they ran away to be free and to belong to themselves instead of being property of someone else.
Cheap labor
Because they can offered a reward for runaway slaves.....Then
The Fugitive Slave Law was part of the Compromise of 1850. Its main provision required the return of runaway slaves. Their were penalties for those in northern states who aided escaped slaves.
to have sacrafices and slaves
Maroons were runaway slaves from the west indies,north america,central america and south america.These runaway slaves also called maroons lived on mountaintops. Slaves who ran away and set up free communitiesch morons maroons were runaway slaves
They were called fugitives. A fugitive is a runaway slave
Runaway slaves didn't have code names.
They would hurt the slaves.
Bounty hunters used blood hounds to cach runaway slaves. : o
In the 1800s, runaway slaves would be captured by marshals and returned to their owners.
50,000 slaves died while they were runaways
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required Americans to return runaway slaves to their owners.