Original sentence: Also, the children of the ex-slaves could not be born as free people.However, they had to give a portion of the profits they received from the land to the Dutch East India Company.It existed in the possession of African Americans from 1643-1664.The Dutch gave the land to the slaves as a reward for protecting the area from attacks of the Native Americans, thus freeing the slaves.The slaves that received the land were told that they were no longer slaves.They also owned the land known now as Washington Square Park before the Dutch attacked them.They were born as slaves
Edited sentence: Also, their children would be born as slave, rather than free.The Dutch gave the land to slaves, thus freeing them, as a reward for protecting the area from attacks of the Native Americans.The slaves that received the land were told that, although they were no longer slaves, they had to give a portion of the profits they received from the land to the Dutch East India Company.The tract was in the possession of African Americans from 1643-1664.They also owned the land known now as Washington Square Park before the Dutch attacked and drove them out