The article escapes into a state which never gives up a fugitive.
| One of twelve plates from folding accordian-style screen of scenes
from Uncle Tom's Cabin. Tom, Lucy, unidentified slaves. Caption below picture: "At midnight Tom waked with a sudden start. Something black passed quickly by him to the side of the boat, and he heard a splash in the water. The woman's place was vacant!" (COPYRIGHT. The Clifton Waller Barrett Collection, University of Virginia. |