sentences:  As compared to their African-born counterparts, manumission for long-term good behavior or obedience upon the owner's death was much more likely.Thus, unpaid manumission was a much more likely path to freedom for Brazilian-born slaves than for Africans, as well as manumission in general.Mulattoes also had a higher incidence of manumission, most likely because of the likelihood that they were the children of a slave and an owner.