# Clarissa Davis & Woman Escaping in a Box: No Happy Slaves and Two Great Escapes — WHE Article Discussion (2-2720) **URL:** \ **Category:** WHE Articles\ **Created:** [May 13, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/clarissa-davis-woman-escaping-in-a-box-no-happy-slaves-and-two-great-escapes-whe-article-discussion-2-2720/17884 "2025-05-13T16:02:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JPryst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/jpryst/32/168_2.png) [@JPryst](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/JPryst)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/clarissa-davis-woman-escaping-in-a-box-no-happy-slaves-and-two-great-escapes-whe-article-discussion-2-2720/17884/1 "2025-05-13T16:02:37Z")
Slaveholders in the United States frequently claimed that Blacks were 'happy' to be slaves and could, in no way, function as free people as they would find freedom 'burdensome' – a claim fully articulated by slavery apologist T. R. Dew's A Review of the Debate in the Virginia Legislature of 1831 and 1832. The records of the Underground Railroad, as well as other sources, contradict that claim. * * * _This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at [https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2720/clarissa-davis--woman-escaping-in-a-box/](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2720/clarissa-davis--woman-escaping-in-a-box/)._ * * * **Join the Conversation** - If you've studied this topic, what would you add for other readers? - Which part did you find most interesting, and why? - What did you think about this article? Is there anything you'd like to ask about this article? Ask away — and if you spot something that should be covered, that's useful to know too. ---
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