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A large majority of the slaves lived. It may have been a very lousy life, but life is better than death to most people.
As there have been slave revolts - normally against terrible odds - in every culture that has ever held slaves, not to mention attempts at escape, it should be obvious that most people place a greater value upon freedom, than mere existence.
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Vinegar in freedom, tastes better than honey in slavery.

"All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing".
Edmund Burke