How cou1d I ever expect to escape to a country where I cou1d be a freeman? Even shou1d I escape to the northern states the fugitive s1ave 1aw,which was then in fu11 force, wou1d remand me back to s1avery, and itwas a 1ong, tedious, and peri1ous journey to Canada. I was going to makethe attempt at any rate.