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It wasn't a law, it was an amendment, the thirteenth amendment
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Why were slaves hung?
because if they freed slaves and the owners caught their slaves they would rat on the person who freed them,and they would order him/her to be hanged or they would shoot him/her themselves
Who freed the slaves of Brazil?
the president
What is an example of slave code?
Slaves were prevented from learning how to read or write. Slave owners were freed of punishment for beating their slaves. Slave owners were freed of punishment for murder of their slaves.
Should escaped slaves be freed or returned to their owners?
The slaves should be freed because they were kidnapped and sold into slavery because their parents did not care.
Why were no slaves actually freed when the Proclamation was issued?
Slaves were not immediately freed when the Proclamation was issued because slave owners could not be made to actually free their slaves. The Proclamation was issued in 1863.
Who was the last state to free the slaves?
Mississippi is the last state that freed the slaves in the United States. Mississippi actually did not ratify the law that freed the slaves.
How old where slaves when they got set free?
Slaves did not receive their freedom upon reaching a certain age. They were freed when a law was passed or a war was lost and all slaves in a given area were freed at the same time.
Sentence for resentful?
Dan felt resentful before slaves were freed due to a law
Who were slaves in the South freed by?
the slaves in the south were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.
How did freed slaves return to Africa?
what was the return to Africa like for the freed slaves this is not an answer.
Who is the lady who freed slaves?
Harriet Tubman, freed many slaves in the 1800s.
How did Abe get rid of slavery?
the Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves during the civil war in southern states that was conquered by the union but it only freed the salves in the south. the 14th amendment was the law that freed the slaves. but that was after Lincoln was assassinated so Lincoln was not the one to free the salves
Number of slaves freed in the south?
almost 4 million slaves been freed
What country was founded by freed slaves?
Liberia is largely populated by freed slaves
Why was the American colonization society founded?
to make a homeland for freed slaves in Africa
Who freed the slavies?
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves
Who was nickname ''Moses''?
Harriet Tubman, because she freed slaves and in The Bible Moses freed people
