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Runaway Slave Mentality
Not only did the story give people a perspective on the mentality portion of the slave world but it also gave us a feeling of the physical emotions that they go through at all moments. Have you ever been scared but tried not to panic? Imagine having faith that your chance for success is near but it suddenly closes in on you. The characters had a "six-hour head-start" which vanished, just like the idea that a whole community is being turned upside down looking for you. It's madness and then to make matters worse they kill someone while on the run. If you think being a runaway slave was bad, now they " were as good a murderers in the eyes of the county" . They must be over thinking their actions feeling regret about one decision which had the
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