Episode 147: Self-Purchase: The Price of Freedom from Slavery

from Charleston Time Machine · host Nic Butler, Ph.D.

Can you put a monetary value on your freedom? South Carolina’s early laws trapped enslaved people in a life of servitude, but a handful of them managed to generate sufficient cash to buy their own freedom. Today we’ll explore the phenomenon of self-purchase and review a few cases of men and women whose perseverance unlocked the yoke of slavery.

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