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-Edited by Professors James O. and Lois E. Horton, authors of Slavery and the Making of America (Oxford University Press, 2005)

Situation #1:
You are a slave on a South Carolina plantation. The plantation owner dies and all of his property is going to be sold. Knowing that families were often split up when slaves were sold to different owners, you decide to run away.

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