Why couldn't slaves run away?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 8/19/2019

they have basically a receipt of being sold, unless their owner frees the slave he or she may go. Plus, when you got caught escaping it was under the owners legal authority to kill you.

Wiki User

∙ 14y ago

What else can I help you with?

Did slaves steal stuff before they run away?

Which slaves and when?

Who were the people who were looking out for run away slaves?

The over sears went after run away slaves during the slave trade and the penalty was sometimes death

Why Slaves travel at night?

Yes the slaves run away in the night.

Where did slaves run away to get out of slavery?

The slaves would run to the North, or if they could, would try to make it to Canada.

Did all the abolitionists support all the underground railroad?

no because some were afraid tht they would get caught trying to help the run away slaves

How did run away slaves survive?

Using the undergound railroad which was a system for slaves to be led to freedom

How did slaves try to run away?

by running and trying to excape

Why were the slaves chained up?

- so they wont run away

How did slaves to maintain a sense of community?

they tried to run away

How did literacy pervent freed slaves from voting?

They couldnt read properly

Why slaves runway from plantation?

They were SLAVES and forced to work. They were considered property. I would run away too.

Who did run away slaves helped fight Cherokees or seminoles?

Cherokees

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