another belongs legally to robert toombs, another powerful influential southern senator. these men did not want these men, these black men to get , away. you must understand, these other -- southern senators had made their bones on how happy black folks had been, how content they were. and here was a reputation that would ring across the oceans and around the world. they could not have this. in fact, it gives us a sense of the kinds of obstacles that had to be faced when we understand that almost from the time that chaplin hired the rig, at the blacksmith's shop, he was being watched. people knew he was going somewhere that he shouldn't be. that he had, if you will, sentiments of an abolitionist nature. he was watched and the bounty hunters knew. they were waiting for him when he got to the district line. from a local newspaper, from the very month and year, circumstances have occurred to fan the excitement in the city. an abolitionist by the name of william chaplin has seduced two slaves brought here by mrs. toombs and stevens from congress and was in the act of carrying