Free?

    According to Sartre we have no chose but to be free. But is that really freedom? It seems like that isn't truly freedom. Its a bit of a contradiction. You are completely free, but you have no other choice to be free. You are not allowed to not be free. It seems simple and almost obvious to have complete freedom. But then again, freedom means having choices, but you can't choose to not be free, you have to be free.
     According to Sartre, slaves were free, and I guess if you think about it, they were free to leave or not do the work assigned to them, but that was at the risk of death. So, yes they had a choice, they had the freedom to choose, but that also meant that they had to choose death or life under another person. I guess that seems so abstract because of the American idea of freedom isn't about choosing death or slavery, but about choosing your own path and thoughts and actions.