The slave, is liberated from the tyranny of slavedom symbolically in his dream and finally by death. At the end, the poem evokes mixed reactions. We feel both happy and sad for the slave as his soul transcends misery and attains freedom through his demise. Though not free in real life, his last slumber and the visions of freedom that are conjured, show that on the level of consciousness at least, he conquered his bondsman existence.