Well in most cases, you would of had to be at least 5 or years plus! but most children never got sent over on ships or auctioned until they were at least 7 years plus.
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In many historical contexts, there was no minimum age requirement for becoming a slave, and individuals could be enslaved from childhood. The age at which someone became a slave often depended on local customs and laws.
Sojourner Truth was sold as a slave at around nine years old.
A person might become a slave through capture in war, inheritance of slave status, or being born to enslaved parents.
Frederick Douglass was a freed slave. He escaped slavery and went on to become a prominent abolitionist, writer, and speaker.
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A slave can become a freeman by being granted freedom by their owner or through a legal process such as manumission or emancipation. Manumission is the act of freeing a slave by their owner, while emancipation is the legal process of granting freedom to a slave by a governing authority.