No slavery wasn't a choice...
Many slaves were beaten if they rebelled or tried to get their own rights. Children were born into slavery meaning that that's all the knew. Most owners didn't teach their slaves to read or write, so slaves couldn't easily survive on their own because they weren't educated enough to get a job.
The civil war showed how slaves didn't have a choice or rights even though they desperately wanted them, and even after the war their was segregation. Slaves didn't have a choice or a voice.
