In his memoir Douglass discusses the inability of blacks to trust anyone, not even other blacks, due to the greater risk of being captured. In the second part of his memoir Douglass mentions to his readers his struggle to receive assistance with housing and food from other blacks when he arrived in New York. Because other fugitives or even free blacks feared he might be a traitor and jeopardize their freedom, Douglass found no guidance or support. Likewise, Foner goes into more detail about this concern in his NPR interview. Foner states that during the mid-1800s it was a social characteristic that whites, regardless of age or rank, had every right to question a black. Additionally, since capture rewards were priced at $100.00 or more, whites earning only $250.00 a year were eager to capture slaves. Hence the anxiety and terror of being completely on the run alone, unable to trust anyone and feeling like all the white people were after you; it was an unimaginable pressure that black people faced. Foner goes on to describe that since most of the runaways came from Maryland, Delaware, D.C., and Virginia, the common fear was that they would be sold to the South. As demand for cotton increased it was widely believed that slave abuse was greater and labor was more rigorous in the South