Beneath the Underground: The Flight to Freedom. Icons used in advertisements for runaway slaves by the Planter's Advocate (P.G. Co., ca. 1850s)
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    Fugitives


    Cassa
    Fled from slavery, Washington County, Maryland, 1852

    John Saunders
    Fled from slavery, Washington County, Maryland, 1839
     


    Accomplices


    Joseph Bowers
    Accomplice to slave flight, Washington County, Maryland, 1861

    Otho Snyder
    Accomplice to slave flight, Washington County, Maryland, 1840 


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