Bury the Chains: Chapter 7

In chapter 7 we begin with the American Revolution in a time where the British were so desperate against the rebels that they promised freedom to any American slave who deserted a rebel master to join the British Army (Hochschild 87). The British said the freed slaves would be called LIBERTY TO SLAVES. When the British implemented this operation they gave no thought to what would happen to all these ex-slaves once the war was over.
When it was time for the British to repay the Americans for the stolen "Property" The Americans demanded payback. The British tried to say that the slaves were not "property" because they were "freed." Eventually Washington won his fight and the Britains agreed to pay the American slave owners half the market value of their former slaves.
Once it was time to actually free the slaves the British came through with their word and released the freed slaves to Nova Scotia which became the largest community of free blacks in one spot anywhere in British territory in the Americas (Hochschild 105).
My question on this chapter is what happened to "Liberty to Slaves." That was the claim the British made to the slaves who left their American masters but that "Liberty" was actually still considered "Property." First off, it is horrible that these PEOPLE were considered property, but the fact that the Amercian homes, from which they were taken were repaid as if property was stolen is ridiculous. You just freed these slaves...don't let the American slave holders feel good by repaying them for another's human life.