It became a destination for slaves seeking freedom behind Union lines.

It would be a tidier world if slaves always sought freedom.

They also provided free legal council to slaves seeking to sue their masters for freedom.

Other slaves sought solace in African religion and culture.

"Then your slave would seek to live still, so that Urth might live too."

No slave would possibly seek a way out of the hellish paradise in which they could serve the Masters.

Before the Civil War it served as a station on the underground railroad for slaves seeking freedom.

Many slaves sought refuge near growing American Indian settlements.

Many slaves sought freedom in the North, but arrived only to work on plantations for meager wages since cotton was still an important commodity.

During the mid-1800s, Seminoles and runaway slaves sought refuge in the virtually uninhabited area.