After learning about how badly slaves were treated in the ante bellum south, many people wonder as to why more slaves didn't run away or rebel. In the book, Kindred, Octavia Butler shows that the fear of running away and the consequences of getting caught were reasons to stay in slavery and not rebel.
<Tab/>The fear of the possible effects prevented many slaves from attempting to run away. When the main character, Dana was planning to run away to meet her husband, she collected some food for her journey. "I had heard of runaway slaves starving before they reached freedom, or…
