Where any person ignorantly receives a fugitive slave, and treats him
with hospitality, and he should not remain in his house longer than one
day or one night, he shall make oath before the master who is searching
for said fugitive, that he did not know that he was a fugitive slave;
and, if he can prove, without doubt, that he did not conceal him, he
shall incur no liability whatever. If, however, said slave should
remain in his house for the space of two, three, or four days, for any
reason whatever, the said person must show where he was, or by whom he
was sheltered, afterwards; and he must either find the fugitive within
six months, or prove with whom the slave took refuge after he left
his house. If he should not be able to find said slave, he must purge
himself by oath of all complicity in his flight, as well as of all
knowledge with whom the slave took refuge subsequently; and he shall
either restore the fugitive, or give another slave of the same value to
his master. If the fugitive should be afterwards found, the slave given
in his place shall be returned to his former master, and the latter
shall incur no liability whatever.
=V. Where Anyone Persuades the Slave of Another to Flee, or Shows him
Hospitality.=
If anyone, knowing him to be a fugitive, should persuade the slave of
another to escape, or anyone should entertain or disguise said slave,
and the latter is found, the party aforesaid shall be compelled to give
two others of equal value to his master. Should said fugitive not be
found, said party must give three slaves of equal value to his master.
The same rule shall also apply to the case of female fugitives.
=VI. Where a Man, Unknown to be a Slave, is Received by Another, and
Remains with him Several Days.=
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