They were bought souls sent and inherited, but they themselves did not buy, sell, contract and inherent. Slaves inhabit their masters agenda. They lived through their masters agendas and lives during a time of their enslavement. The subject and subjective quality of their lives is overtaken by their existence as such, slaves are often on notice. It is hard to find details about their lives. They are described in the passive voice as having the characteristics of object. There are many lawsuits that involved slaves. The law books are full of them. They took place over the heads of slaves between free persons. Slaves did not sue. I wrote a book about 300 who did. And pardon me. And surprisingly, the majority won. This species of lawsuit is rare, indeed. In breed of cases and freedom cases before dred scott, the slave was pitted in fierce opposition to his or her master. What was a freedom suit . How did a slave get a lawyer . How did a slave get to court . Under the procedure set out by