That a slave does not exercise their natural and enduring freedom does not deny the
reality and existence of freedom. As long as the slave is alive, the slave's freedom lives,
even if that freedom is eclipsed and obscured by slavery.  The slave who decides to
disobey, and thus to die, is truly revealing their freedom. When the slave decides to
disobey, when the slave accepts the punishment of death, that slave is truly free.
When such a slave has been executed, for being disobedient, then that slave's
freedom ends with the end of their life.  Freedom is revealed when the slave rebels;
freedom is concealed when the slave obeys.  Freedom can be suppressed; but,
freedom cannot be erased.





"Freedom and slavery! The one is the name of virtue, and the other of vice, and both are
acts of the will."
-- Epictetus