The Companions and slaves hide in a defendable valley.
There was a large community of free blacks near Newport where fugitive slaves would hide before continuing north.
Gabool was in a murderous mood; even the slaves were hiding and dared not attend him.
And behind the house there were tunnels and caves where the runaway slaves would hide when the authorities would come to visit.
Tirana had also attempted to obtain from Sandi information as to where the other slave girls had been "hid".
In the days afterward, the brothers made other slaves rebuild the chimney and hide the remains within it.
Farmington, 10 miles southwest of the city, was known for the clusters of homes and churches where escaped slaves hid on their way to Canada.
Swamps were places where runaway slaves could hide, and therefore became a taboo subject, particularly in the south.
Runaway slaves in the colonial era hid on its upper slopes, and were protected by the mountain's inaccessibility.
They always search these marshes, without fail, for many foolish slaves hide here.