ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we follow the trajectories of six enslaved men and one enslaved woman. While the first four struggled with the consequences of the death of their legal owner, who had promised their manumission, the last three were owned by their enslavers—who were also their fathers. All seven defended themselves against the existing power relations and the decisions intended for them. In all cases, the women and men described, in one way or another, the relationship between them and their enslaver. Embedding these descriptions in their reasoning was an important point in their line of argumentation.
