§ 1. Elements of colonial slavery
§ 2. Regulations as to fugitives (1640-1700)
§ 3. Treatment of fugitives
§ 4. Regulations in New England colonies
§ 5. Escapes in New England: Attucks case
§ 6. Dutch regulations in New Netherlands
§ 7. Escapes from New Amsterdam
§ 8. Intercolonial regulations
§ 9. Intercolonial cases
§ 10. International relations
§ 11. International cases
§ 12. Relations with the mother country
§ 13. Regulation under the Articles of Confederation (1781-1788)
§ 14. Ordinance for the Northwest Territory (1787)
§ 15. The Fugitive question in the Constitutional Conventions