History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 1965 short lesson, about 20 seconds
How Many Escaped
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The idea
Perhaps one thousand freedom-seekers a year evaded capture, and most of them stayed in the South among free Black urban populations.
In practice
Escape most often meaning a move within the South rather than a journey north.
Where people slip
The number matters politically. A law that convulsed the nation was chasing about a thousand people a year out of four million.
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