Assertion: slave's right | /r/HasProperty | legal
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text: Besides these bodily offenses, slaves endured a dearth of respect for their property and possessions; everything they had was subject to confiscation from whites, and any attempt made to procure payment was useless, as they had no legal rights.
text: The right of transit was a legal theory recognized by some of the free states that a slaveowner could take slaves into a free state and retain ownership as long as the intent was not to permanently settle in the free state.
text: Slaves had limited legal rights under Anglo-Saxon law, and in his Laws King Ælfred shows an interest in encouraging them to better their stations by allowing days on which slaves are free to work as independent contractors.
text: Slaves had no legal right to private lives, and they struggled against daunting odds to establish some degree of autonomy for themselves.