The moment a shackle is placed on someone 's wrist, that ideal withers and dies because that individual has been robbed of the very thing that makes them who they are. Many, unable to handle the weight of the shackles and what it meant for their future, chose to take their lives. One particular case involved a slave jumping into a cistern of water to drown himself. Stolen freedom led to the commoditization of Africans for the slave trade. This essay is entitled Stolen Freedom because it is the most important point when looking at the issue of slavery. These people had no choice, their freedom was stolen from them and they were forced into bondage that would enslave generations of men, women and children 's in the new world. The practice of making a profit off of people who were turned into a commodities was one of the darkest points in human
The moment a shackle is placed on someone 's wrist, that ideal withers and dies because that individual has been robbed of the very thing that makes them who they are. Many, unable to handle the weight of the shackles and what it meant for their future, chose to take their lives. One particular case involved a slave jumping into a cistern of water to drown himself. Stolen freedom led to the commoditization of Africans for the slave trade. This essay is entitled Stolen Freedom because it is the most important point when looking at the issue of slavery. These people had no choice, their freedom was stolen from them and they were forced into bondage that would enslave generations of men, women and children 's in the new world. The practice of making a profit off of people who were turned into a commodities was one of the darkest points in human