Now that you have considered the perspective of an African slave during the eighteenth-century transatlantic slave trade, answer the following question to further your knowledge of the lives of Africans and their descendents in the European colonies in the Caribbean.

Which of the following statements about escaped slaves is true?

Escaped slaves usually tried to leave and get to North America, where conditions were better for free blacks.

Escaped slaves were always caught and returned to their owners.

Escaped slaves were sometimes able to form communities that gave them some degree of protection from recapture.

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24 October, 01:29

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Damaris Tanner · Answer 1

Answer: Escaped slaves were sometimes able to form communities that gave them some degree of protection from recapture.

Maddison Moore · Answer 2

First one. the north was safer because they didn't enslave the blacks, or send them back