Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: In other cases , serfs could also purchase their freedom , be manumitted by their enlightened or generous owners , or flee to towns or newly-settled land where few questions were asked .
Simplified: In other cases , serfs could purchase their freedom , be manumitted by their enlightened or generous owners , or flee to towns or newly-settled land where few questions were asked .