[Transcriber's note: _Underscores_ indicate text in _italic_ font; =equal= signs indicate =bold= font. Original spelling varieties have been maintained; footnotes were renumbered. The index was changed to refer to section numbers instead of page numbers. Abbreviations and references changed for clarity: § 11.: o'selves--> we could not promise ourselves from you; w'ch--> which are shortly like to be nearer neighbors; O'tres--> vpon the receiving of these Outres; p'ties--> the demand of the parties interessted; p'sons--> compell such other persons. § 29., Footnotes 158, 159: "Appendix B, Nos. 68., 83., 84." not found; see Appendix B, No. 30.--"§ 84" not listed in the original.--§ 101., Footnote 366: "Appendix C, Nos. 104, 106." not found; see Appendix C, No. 80. § 103., Footnote 384: "Appendix C, No. 116." not found; see Appendix C, No. 83. Appendix A, No. 9.: appr'ntices--> apprentices; w'th--> with; fr'o--> from; pr'euenting--> preuenting. Appendix A, 31.: ag't--> against; Satisfacc'on--> Satisfaccion; reparac'on--> reparacion; Lord Prop'ry--> Lord Proprietary; publicac'on--> publicacion; Informac'on--> Informacion. Appendix A, No. 66.: goalers--> Fees of the gaolers given. Appendix C, No. 80: "See No. 84" not found, linked to No. 83. Appendix E, No. 9.: reminscences--> the reminiscences of participants.] End of Project Gutenberg's Fugitive Slaves, by Marion Gleason McDougall