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Many slaves ran away to escape unjust treatment by their masters.

EXCERPT. The whole sequence is made up of six shots: 1 posse riding up; 2 putting up the poster; 3 fugitive slave in tree; 4 looking down at the posse; 5 posse riding off; 6 fugitive climbing down from tree. It's interesting to note how the camera angle in 4 locates viewers in the slave's point-of-view.
[This excerpt uses parts of 1 & 2, and all of 3 & 4. This jpeg slide show uses the entire sequence.]