Rebellion Of African American History

From 1775 to 1830, many African Americans gained freedom from, yet during the same period the institution towards the southern parts of America to work in plantations. This was the start of new changes that was going to take place that free African Americans and enslaved African Americans. Between 1775 and 1830 was one of the greatest trials that came with many challenges for the African Americans to confront these issues.

The conditions for slaves in the 1730’s were abhorrent. Slaves were not seen as people and had little to no basic human rights. The Africans brought in for slavery were treated like cattle, and were herded towards farms and plantations where they would spend the rest of their days working for their owners. Slaves could not travel, meet in groups, grow their own food, or hunt game. If they wanted to participate in any of these activities they had to do them in secret. The slaves became tired of being mistreated by the white southern slave owners, which eventually led them to start uprisings and rebellions like the Stono Rebellion.

The South Carolina pre-revolutionary Stono Rebellion led to many different forms of reactions from the people in colonial South Carolina. It can be characterized as that of a further dark future for the slaves, while creating more fear and discontent for the white citizens of the area. The revolts output created attitudes that led to the American revolution for whites, while creating the harsh and negative attitudes displayed toward blacks which we still see today. The repercussions created a greater sense of fear for Africans among the white population in Southeastern North America, one which necessitated a means for controlling what they believed to be a dangerous people. The revolt also showed the whites sense for blaming others for the uprising among the slaves, as multiple Spanish men are claimed to have incited the slaves to rise up and kill to gain their freedom in Florida.

Despite North America’s large slave population, there were few powerful slave revolts before 1831. Slaves were complacent and passive so most southern slave owners probably felt like they had enough control over their slaves. This way of thinking was completely changed by Nat Turner’s rebellion. This violent slave revolt showed people what slaves were really capable of. White southerners saw how slaves were smart enough to organize and plan a resistance and because they were getting tired of being oppressed. Even though Nat Turner’s rebellion was considered unsuccessful being that it was shut down in a matter of days, it was successful in that it had a long lasting effect on slavery. This level of success can be attributed to the fact that

Between 1860 and 1877, America was in the midst of the Civil War and reconstruction following the war. America had many good ideas; however, very few of their revolutionary ideas ever effectuated exactly as planned. During this time period, there were many good ideas that were applied to the constitution or were said to be good, however many of these ideas were never truly implemented. Critics could state that America had undergone a revolution, however there was not much truly revolutionary about these events. It was not just constitutional changes, there were also social changes that were supposed to take place, but inevitably failed to actually be executed into Americans lifestyle.

H.S.: The slave revolts are very significant because of the response that slaves received from their owners when the slaves acted out. In 1822 and 1831 there were slave revolts that weren't successful for the slaves, but they did have a big impact because of the fear that they inflicted upon these owners. This fear would manifest itself into much worse and harsher treatment of slaves in the

Initially, there had been slave rebellions, but most occurred on boats. The fact was none had an impact on actual southern society. This entire event outraged and struck fear into the hearts of the southerners. The rebellion triggered harsher punishments and policies on rebellions, and threat of rebellions. Slaves were often convicted and killed for simple threats of possible rebellion, and whether or not the threat was legitimate, we may never know.

Slavery was the most popular form of labor during the growth of American society. For many, this was all they knew despite being an inhumane way to live. Slavery caused physical and emotional damage to African Americans of this time. As society progressed many begin to realize how wrong this actually was. Even though there are many causes of the growing opposition to slavery in the United States from 1776 to 1852, the main reasons were a changes in social morals, political ideas, and the mass production of anti-slavery newspapers,books, and posters.

They would get tired of being treated like they were nothing. Some revolted in smaller less noticeable ways such as breaking tools or working really slow. A lot of slaves ran away to the North where they could be free. Some even openly fought back. There were many large slave uprisings, such as the Stono Rebellion. This was the largest slave uprising. It took place in South Carolina in 1739. Many slaves and many white people died. There was also Nat Turner’s rebellion. This one took place nearly 100 years after the Stono Rebellion in Virginia. Lead by Nat Turner, many slaves rebelled and killed nearly 65 people. This caused people to be harder on slaves and tighten their “leash” which in turn caused more rebellions and uprisings. Slavery also caused many conflicts between the country as a

Books like Uncle Tom's Cabin, and Harriet Tubman, who was an important character in helping slaves through the Underground Railroad to freedom, brought attention to the problems and resistance to slavery. It helped people see slavery from different points of view, and better understand how slaves were treated. As Zinn says, "If a rebellion, it might get out of hand, and turn its ferocity beyond slavery" (Zinn). Rebellions tend to be more aggressive, and people were much more terrified and infuriated. With rebellions, people were much more hesitant to hear the minority's side of the story, as they were scared and the minority did not have much power, and the whites were a majority of the population and much more trusted. Rebellions that were started by slaves, were much more susceptible to failure, as slaves had a hard time finding weapons and equipment, and they often did not know how to organize a group of rebels. It is said that, "After Nat Turner's violent uprising and Virginia's bloody repression, the security system inside the South became tighter" (Zinn). Rebellions only made it worse for the slaves; stronger laws would be made, tightening the hold on slaves, making slave life more brutal than before. Although whites had more power, a rebellion created by a white abolitionist also had the same chance of failing, as with the situation of John Brown. Brown attacked an armory in the South in order to give

One of the rebellion would be the Nat Turner Rebellion which was one of the rebellion. On August 22, 1831 a group of slaves conjured up in Southampton County, Virginia for a bloody outlash on whites. Nat Turner who was a preacher felt as if it was God’s will and showed him a sign, and went from plantation to plantation gathering blacks and killing around

They revolt since they could no longer bear their master's cruelty. The slaves desired freedom to live as they wish. They did not need anyone to determine how they lived their lives anymore. They also rebuked the idea of being slaves to another person anymore. They wanted to live as a free men and women even die as free men and women. They also require the freedom that all human had at birth. What kind of person would enjoy being boss around by someone else without gaining anything. The slaves thirst for vengeance for the loss of their family and friends.

One reason why the abolitionists should take more aggressive action is because they were treated unfairly and slave owners had made their lives horrible.

Even though only a few were successful, slave revolts did occur. Nat Turner's slave revolt group was most terrifying for white slave holders. This occurred in 1831, which was a violent rampage that lead to fifty five caucasians dying. It ended up having more slave codes enforced and Nat Turner being hanged. Multiple people were abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass. Their goal was to abolish slavery. They believed based on a religious belief that slaveholding was a sin. Then others on a non religious aspect believed slave holding was: regressive, inefficient, and little economic sense. However, for the

They could not rebel without repercussions and could not betray or leave their owner. They had free labor that could not go anywhere; slavery was a huge benefit and was like a dream for a plantation owner. They were essential to production and cultivation of crops and plantations. By 1700, slavery was existent in all of the colonies. The House of Burgesses realized that slaves were an extremely important part of the labor force and therefore, to the economy. A new slave code was enacted in 1705 stating that slaves were property of their owners and to the white community. Slaves were the legal responsibility of the master and if they started to rebel it was the master’s obligation to keep them in line.