“Where am I?" I asked. "You're in Illinois," the old man said. "So, I'm in a free state?" The men laughed. "Boy, you're in America," a muscular man said.” AmericaFreedomUnited StatesSlaveryUnited States Of AmericaAfrican AmericansBlacksSlaves Book:James Source: James
“Across the water was a town and I guessed, from all I'd heard, that it might be Cairo. I wished that had mattered. A fugitive slave was a slave in a free state just the same.” FreedomSlaveryAfrican AmericansBlacksSlavesFugitivesFugitive Slaves Book:James Source: James