Well in the 1850's was a significant time where slavery occurs. As you probably know slavery was terrible on so many levels. Becuase of the different opinions on slavery their political values changed., Some values thought that slavery was okay while the other fought against it saying that slavery should end. Different sections such as Indiana and Illinois has strong opinions to keep slavery including the south when the rest of America did not feel so strongly.
Nicodemus was a ruler of the Jews.
It was a zulu who was pushed north into Africa
Answer: they were not completely owned
Explanation:
Under this system, slaves were not considered property as they later would be under the transatlantic system. These earlier forms of slavery in Africa saw slaves more like a social class or designation within society. It was often possible for the enslaved to escape slave states and integrate into new communities.