He refuses to accept that he's failed, and makes it clear to Cora that he will find her wherever she goes. Cora can't let that happen. She ends up killing Ridgeway with a gun before running away and getting to freedom.

What does Ridgeway do with Cora?

With them is Ridgeway, the slave catcher, who takes Cora into his possession, chaining her to a wagon driven by a young Black boy and accompanied by the tall white man wearing a necklace of human ears.

Does Cora escape from Ridgeway?

When the slave catcher Ridgeway captures Caesar, Cora escapes alone to North Carolina. She hides for months in an attic before Ridgeway captures her. A freeborn black man named Royal rescues her from Ridgeway in Tennessee.