1.   An escaped slave who lives with American Indians in the Carolina wilderness.

2.   Barry Clifford of Provincetown, Mass., is salvaging the Whydah, a pirate ship whose crew included escaped slaves, and charging admission to see the display.

3.   Barry Clifford of Provincetown, Mass., is salvaging the Whydah, a pirate ship whose crew included escaped slaves, and charging admission.

4.   Bowlegs was the last of the major war chiefs at large in Florida, fighting with a band of warriors and dozens of escaped slaves under his protection.

5.   Carol Murphy in the underground room at her orchard in Buffalo, N.Y., believed to have once harbored escaped slaves.

6.   In the novel as in real life, escaped slaves found refuge in the depths of the swamp.

7.   Ready to die, Gilda decides to pass on her name and vampire responsibilities to the escaped slave, who will endure severe hardships as she travels north.

8.   Seeing the false cellars where the escaped slaves hid turned the words in textbooks into harsh realities for Gonzalez and his classmates at the Albany Free School.

9.   Some historians say the escaped slaves lived free as farmers, warriors and political leaders among the Indians, who were themselves exiles and runaways from other tribes.

10.   The Big Chiefs dance, sing and stage mock battles -- wars of words and rhymes -- to honor American Indians who once gave sanctuary to escaped slaves.