He is generally credited with helping free 47 slaves.
Well, if so, let them die free, and not as slaves.
Liberia's constitution excluded all but the free slaves' descendants from the rights of citizenship.
It was the half-asleep free slave he'd passed at the halfway point.
But we do know that a valiant effort was made by both whites and free slaves to help these slaves to their destination.
They worked closely together helping free slaves that were escaping from Delaware and Maryland.
The supporters also pointed out that Catherine never profited from the slave trade and said she left money after her death to help free slaves.
His mother, meanwhile, was a free black slave of Martinica.
Under French law, free slaves gained full rights to citizenship.
An 1844 territorial statute outlawed slavery but also mandated free slaves to leave the territory.
