"they jumped over board leaving there lives to fate and god"
- from the slave dancer ( from a book)
a lucky few survived also some built rafts seacretly
If you mean how slaves were transported to the United States, it was by ship. If you mean how slaves were "transported" to freedom from the south, that was called the "Underground Railroad."
Slavery in America was abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitituion, passed in 1865.
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.
200 slaves were on a average ship
Slaves did not have the right to own property, marry freely, have legal protection, or receive education. They were also denied basic human rights such as freedom of movement, freedom of speech, and the right to a fair trial.
The slaves' freedom was denied by the concept that slaves were property, not human beings, and all human beings are free, but not property, so slaves were denied freedom due to the concept that slaves were property, not people.
They wanted to have freedom.
Freedom for slaves meant that the slaves didn't have to be owned and that they could be treated like everybody else.
former slaves envision freedom from few former slaves were able to own land
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In Muslim society, slaves could gain their freedom by buying their freedom. Additionally, female slaves could gain freedom by marrying a Muslim owner.