Many did, and many tried, but were foiled. Their masters kept a very sharp eye on them, and it was difficult for them to succeed.
I think most of the slaves did fight back because they were captured, and it was not fare that they had to work for nothing. They had to work day and night for their owners or they would kill them, or just beat them and maybe even starved them as a punishment.
It was ironic because the colonists were fighting for their freedom from British rule based on principles of liberty and equality, yet many of them owned slaves who were not afforded these same rights. This contradiction highlighted the hypocrisy in the colonists' fight for freedom while denying it to others.
Many slaves experienced a mix of emotions upon hearing about their freedom, including relief, excitement, disbelief, and uncertainty about what the future held. Some were cautious about embracing their newfound freedom, as they had been conditioned under slavery for so long.
How does freeing slaves contribute to upholding the freedom of all individuals in society?
Both were for freedom
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring the freedom of all slaves in the Confederate states.
They fought for freedom!
yes slaves were able to fight for their freedom in 1862 because that was the only way they could be free inless they bought their freedom but most slaves didnt have money to do so
They wanted slaves to revolt and fight for their freedom.
some slaves fought because they wanted to but some were forced to fight!
to fight for freedom against slaves
they led protests, led rebellions
Glory, Money and Freedom (if they were slaves) and their lives.
by promising them freedom
To show the slaves that they had a voice and that they should fight for their freedom.
he fought in war for freedom and set slaves free
Revolt and fight for their freedom
Revolt and fight for their freedom