Chapter 5: The Civil War Era "Escape to Freedom" Introduction      In this chapter, you learned about the growing rift between the North and South before the Civil War. One of the most contentious issues between the two regions was slavery and the growing number of runaway slaves. Many Northerners angered Southern slave owners by giving aid to runaway slaves and refusing to return them to their owners. Learn more about this issue by logging on to the Internet and examining an actual newspaper ad by a landowner seeking the return of one of his slaves. Destination Title: Africans in America Note: Clicking on the link above will launch a new browser window. Need help using your browser for this activity? Click here for tips. Directions Start at the Africans in America Web site. Click on Judgment Day. Click on Resource Bank. Scroll down to Fugitive Slaves and Northern Racism. Under Historical Documents, click on Runaway Notice for Harriet Jacobs. Read the runaway notice as well as the accompanying text, and answer the following questions. 1. In what year did the ad appear? 2. What does Dr. Norcom believe Harriet plans to do? How does this differ from what she actually did? 3. To what system or network—led by people such as Harriet Tubman—might Dr. Norcom be referring in his last paragraph? 4. Imagine you are the member of a family that helped Harriet escape. Write an anonymous letter to Dr. Norcom telling him why you would not return her to him.