The stories of Enslaved Africans in the Ottoman Empire have not been passed down to future generations. Moreover, research into the living conditions and experiences of enslaved Africans in the new land are still at a germinal phase. To deduce untold stories of these people who suffered during the imprisonment, deportation, punishment and forced labor, torture is really difficult. Some scholars suggest that the Ottoman slavery system was different than Atlantic slavery, because Islam advises that enslaved people should be treated well and then freed after seven years’ service. However, there are many documents at the Prime Minister Ottoman Archives in Istanbul that indicate the experience of those enslaved was different. The paper is an attempt to shed light on the experiences of enslaved African men and women by studying their involvement in crime in the nineteenth century Ottoman Empire. A review of records shows that slaves involved in crimes for many reasons. Some because of harsh treatment from their master, some were forced, by their master to commit crimes and some while trying to escape bondage. A close investigation of archival documents on criminal cases and the punishments respectively will inform us of the living experiences of enslaved Africans and their bondages. This paper intends to look at these crimes; arson, theft, homicide and the case of fugitive slaves. Moreover it will also focus on why slaves committed particular crimes. I argue that the legal, institutional, and practices of slavery were quite different when one looks at the treatment of slave masters in practice.