Slaves were able to obtain freedom from slavery at the will and whim of the slave owners. The word 'Manumission' is used to describe the act of a slave owner freeing their slaves. African-American slaves were sometimes able to arrange manumission by agreeing to "buying themselves" by paying the slave owner an agreed amount.
she was on a bus sitting in the "white's" only zone and refused to move when a white person asked her to move. Now some odd years later we don't have racial segregation. thanks to Rosa and many others.
