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Slavery and the Making of AmericaPhoto of a group slaves on a Beaufort, South Carolina plantation
Time and Place Slave Memories Resources The Slave Experience

The Slave Experience: Responses to Enslavement
Intro Historical Overview Character Spotlight Slave Decisions Personal Narratives Original Docs
The Decisions Slaves Madereturn to introduction
Link to Cynthia Link to Slave Ship Robert Link to Josiah Henson Link to John Mason Link to William Grimes Link to Charles Ball
John Mason

John Mason was a slave in Kentucky. Mason escaped his enslavement and fled to freedom in Canada. He was determined, however, to help others who remained in bondage. He knew that returning to the American South could lead to his recapture. 		Do you think he:

a. Wrote a book about his experiences to encourage abolition?
b. Returned to Kentucky to help other slaves escape?
c. Relocated to a Northern state and spoke out in public against the evils of slavery?
Outcome
 Illustration of people in horse-drawn carriage

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