The writings of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo are an important source of information on the slave trade because they are a first hand account of the slave trade by a slave.
That would be Sam Houston
From the commander of the militia he drove to the governor.
Well, this is very easy, first up; what's a fugitive?
A fugitive is a person that has escaped a place/or is in hiding;to avoid arrest/persecution.
So traveling by wagons,railroads,and walking makes sense. Except for one, slave ships, that makes no sense at all. Why would fugitive slaves travel on "slave ships?"
1978 is the answer comrade