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Could slave owners free their slaves from slavery?

Yes, slave owners could choose to free their slaves by granting them emancipation. This was done through legal documents or sometimes by setting them free in person. However, many slave owners chose not to do so due to economic, social, or ideological reasons.


If a slave escaped to a free state was the slave free?

No a slave catcher could come and take them back but in Canada they were free


Why did many white southerners fear free slaves?

Many white southerners feared free slaves because they saw them as a threat to their social, economic, and political dominance. They believed that free slaves could potentially incite rebellions, disrupt the existing racial hierarchy, and compete for jobs with white laborers. Additionally, they were concerned about the impact of free slaves on the institution of slavery itself.


What rights did the slaves in Babylonian society?

In Babylonian society, slaves had limited rights compared to free citizens. They had no personal freedom and were considered as property. They could be bought, sold, or given as gifts, and were generally subject to the will of their owners.


What is a strict law that restricted the rights of slaves?

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was a strict law that required authorities in free states to help capture and return runaway slaves to their owners. Failure to comply could result in fines or imprisonment. This law further restricted the rights of slaves by denying them the opportunity to seek refuge in free states.

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What could slaves could and could'nt do?

Slaves could not own property or vote. They were only able to work for free for their owners, making them slaves.


What did slaves do in their free time?

Slaves did not have activities that they could do in their free time in the same way that other people did. They were slaves to their owners, and were forced to do grueling work throughout the day.


Could slaves became enslaved again if they were free?

yep.


Could slave owners free their slaves from slavery?

Yes, slave owners could choose to free their slaves by granting them emancipation. This was done through legal documents or sometimes by setting them free in person. However, many slave owners chose not to do so due to economic, social, or ideological reasons.


Could slave owners always free slaves at will?

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Where the slaves better off free or owned?

Slaves were better off free (although if they were free, they would not be called slaves). However, even freed slaves had to deal with racist attitudes and laws (for example, African Americans could not vote until well after the Civil War).


Could American slaves marry during slavery?

Yes! Master of slaves encouraged them to marry so they could produce more slaves for free by having babies. Also for religious reasons.


What were laws that regulated how slaves could be treated?

The Black Codes regulated how slaves could be treated. These laws also regulated how free black people could be treated by whites.


Which state became the first free state where former slaves could live as free men?

Vermont


How did free slaves live?

Their rights were serverely limited, so they could not do as much as hoped when they became free.


How were free African Americans really not free?

In many cases, free African Americans were not wholly free. At some points prior to the Civil War, former slaves that had escaped could be recaptured, and after the Civil War, free slaves were limited in their career options, the locations of their homes, and even in where they could shop.


Why could Lincoln only free the slaves in the state that were in rebellion and not all of the slaves throughout the country?

President Abraham Lincoln freed slaves in rebellious areas of the US in 1863. All other slaves had been freed in the North.

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