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The Penalties.

--The following are some of the cheerful prospects before a citizen of any Southern State who endeavors to reclaim his property after its escape to the North:

Fine.Imprisonment.
In Maine$1,0005 years.
In Vermont2,00015 years.
In Massachusetts5,0005 years.
In Connecticut5,0005 years.
In Pennsylvania1,0003 months.
In Indiana5,00015 years.
In Michigan1,00010 years.
In Wisconsin1,0002 years.
In Iowa1,0005 years.

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