during eliza's escape, she meets her husband, george harris, who had run away before her. they decide to try to run away to canada. however, they are hunted by a slave hunter named tom loker. tom loker finally traps eliza and her family, so that george shoots loker. eliza is worried that loker might die and go to hell. because of this, she persuades her husband to take him to a quaker town to get better. the gentle quakers change tom loker greatly.