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Slave Codes

The slave code defined the social, economical, and physical place of slaves in North Carolina. Slaves were not given the Pursuit of Happpiness, promised by the declaration of Independance. The slaves could not go where they wish, unless they had permission from their owners. The only time slaves could pretend to be free was near Chrismas. The owners bought the slaves clothes every winter so they could have new clothes to work in. A slave was denied most forms of advancement. A slave could not marry under law. A slave could not know how to read or how to write. Slaves were not given the privalage of marraige, so if they wanted to marry, they had to perform their own ceremonies when they decided to live together. Slaves were'ne treated fairly during the Antebellum period and they couldnt have done anything about it. So many slaves ran away from their owners. Slaves would have been punished severely or killded as their consequence of running away.

HUCKLEBERRY FINN

Huckleberry Finn is a book written by Mark Twain. There is now a movie published on the famous book called Huckleberry Finn. In the movie Huckleberry Finn, know as Huck, ran away from his family. In the movie Huck met a runaway slave, Jim. Jim wanted to find his family while he was running away. While he was traveling north, Jim and Huck encountered men who were running from the law. Huck and Jim were finally free and the men were tarred after lying to townsmen about being someone who was related to a dead person that just died. The two men aquired the money and other valuable belongings. Huckleberry Finn was a great movie and it was suspenseful.