He was born enslaved, his parents were enslaved, and he had no reason to believe that a black man in America wouldn't die a slave.
او برده به دنیا آمد، پدر و مادرش هم برده بودند، و دلیلی نداشت تا باور کند که یک سیاه‌پوست در آمریکا روزی آزاد خواهد شد.