Slavery in the mid 1800's

The irony of this is that slave owners saw no wrong in what they were doing, regardless of how they treated their respective slaves. Slavery, as an institution, was from the perspective of the slave owners, justified. Kolchin describes that, in response, slaves were overtly resistive to their predicament at times, while others provided less obvious resistance in the form of slow work, feigning illness, and even sabotage.

Both free and enslaved Africans were discriminated against in this time period but responded differently towards their challenges. African Americans found ways to cope with their situation one being religious gatherings (Doc D). They sang old traditional African songs and danced. By doing so, they can forget about life troubles for a moment and give themselves a sense of hope that someday they would by free. Some slaves where more violent than other and began rebellions against their white owners. The use of rebellion was inspired to them by the Bible and that God was pleading for their cause with earnestness and zeal (Doc G). Slaves who caused mischief was relocated deeper south where the treatment and condition was even worse. The Fugitive Slave Law forced the North to send back any slaves who escaped to the North in return for a reward. Slaves who tried to escape to the North were also relocated. By relocating them, the chances of escape decreased for them. Even

Rebellion has always been the cornerstone of change. Wherever a rebellion has surfaced a change has soon followed, whether it is political change such as an overthrow of a government or just the overthrow of an oppressor such as a slaver. Some rebellions however are less justified than others; none more so than slave rebellions. Slavery in America was one of our biggest mistakes as a nation and was by far the most terrible time in African American history. However most slaves although poorly treated were given places to live and enough food to survive. They weren’t treated as people but as property and had about as many rights as a sack of potatoes. This led to most, if not all, slaves feeling a lot of animosity towards their owners. The more educated of slaves tried to find ways to get out of their servitude. When all peaceful means of getting out of their servitude had failed they went to flat out rebellion. Slave rebellions tended to be extremely violent and usually very rash. And when the rebellions were better planned they tended to be even more violent and disturbing. These rebellions however were completely unjustified and the slaves had no right to revolt the way they did.

Slaves did not just capitulate to their situation. 1. What were some ways slaves resisted? As a means of showing contempt and overall disapproval of being forced to live and labor against their will slaves resisted in a variety of ways that ranged from minor delinquency to felonious methods. To

Dating as far back at the time of slavery, African Americans have have fought back against suppression. The first, and only successful slave revolt was in 1831. It was led by Nat Turner, a slave in Virginia who led a group of over seventy slaves in an attempt for a “revolution” that ended in over one hundred casualties. Other key moment in African American history was the Underground Railroad where Harriet Tubman helped tens of

rederick Douglass once said “The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.” This quote was in regards to the slavery and oppression plaguing America in the 18th and 19th century. Rebellion is an act of violent or nonviolent disobedience that typically occurs as a result of being treated unfairly or inhumanly. So, what makes a rebellion effective when protesting against slavery? An effective slave rebellion would be one that improves social equality from previous social situations in which all peoples would be considered equal to one another without producing too many negative factors such as deaths. During the 17th and 18th century there were three groups that led slavery rebellions which were called “The New York

Some of the slaves were about fed up and really didn’t care if they died or not. By their Masters not knowing that they would threating the slaves and the slave didn’t really care. They would not work, and the masters were afraid to kill the slaves because there was so many of them. The masters never showed that they weir scared because if they did the slaves would all kill him. Even if the slaves killed the masters they were not that smart back then, which means if they did run away they wouldn’t know where they would be going unless they were Harriet Tubman. Slaves worked slowly, pretended to be sick and broke farm tools. They did that because they probably seen that one of the slaves were getting treated better than the other and they were jealous. There was always that one slave that would be a masters "best friend". So, with they would break the tools, so they could not have to work, and also it was always either hot or cold outside when they would be

Revolt is a rise away from constitution authority, Several slaves in the plantation revolted in the 1800s, but the Denmark vessey and Nat turner organized slave revolt is one of the most excellently and brilliant planned. Both men prepared strategically to override the institution of slavery. They were never contented with it, cause it made them sad. The revolts took time, courage, bravery and ambition, selfless to even have conceived this idea during that ambition. They were both leader in their community, who strives for greater black opportunities. Their resentment and meticulous planning to execute mass revolt have earned them a place in the history of African American.

Although the Haitian Revolution inspired many revolts made from African Americans, African American themselves were not significantly responsible for slavery’s end. However, different regions had different circumstances that caused African Americans to either have an abundance amount of influence to slavery’s end or little to no influence. The reason being is due to the level of resistance that varied depending on the location of the slaves. Many of the slaves had to depend on the number of supporters that they had to work with because without enough support, the revolts would not go well, which then would not lead to the end of slavery. “Rebellion began at the initial point of capture within Africa itself, continuing down to the barracoons, and it often erupted into mutiny aboard the slavers” (Gomez 110). This quote signifies that rebellion has always been there through each suffering; it was just never prominent enough at the moment because African Americans could handle it at the time since the torments just began. Yet, as time goes by, their ability to endure decreases having to deal with the tortures and sufferings weekly if not daily. Slavery’s end sparked when the debate over the future of slavery began. The dispute then led to secession in which it brought about a war in which the Northern and Western states and territories fought to preserve the Union, while the South fought to establish Southern independence as a new confederation of states under its own

Slavery’s Development in the U.S. Between 18th Century and 19th Century AFAS-222 Research Paper First Draft Ge Wang 10/26/15 As I know, slavery in the U.S. was the legal establishment of human chattel slavery that existed in the 18th century and 19th century right after U.S. became independent and before the termination of the Civil War between the North and the South. Slavery was first adapted in British America from the early colonial days, by 1776--the Declaration of Independence it was recognized in thirteen colonies. When President Lincoln won the 1860’s election, he claimed there would be no new slave states, the South finally broke away to form the confederacy. This marked the start of the Civil War, which caused a huge

Slaves were forced to work in the colonies and already had very limited freedom, but to make it worse slave codes was then created. Slave codes were biased laws created by the English colonies and soon later enforced to the American English colonies. Sometimes slave codes would differ from state

The fundamental element of a successful slave rebellion is a heroic slave rebel. Madison Washington of Frederick Douglass' The Heroic Slave and Henry Blake of Martin Delany's Blake or the Huts of America serve as models of that rebel. First, he must possess a will to stay and fight-he must not be content to just run away and gain individual freedom, abandoning his family and friends. Second, he needs intelligence, and preferably education as well, to be able to organize large, complex plans of rebellion. Finally, he must be a natural leader, drawing fellow slaves and free abolitionists to follow him and fight for his cause. Throughout the novels,

The rebellions did not stop once arriving to the Americas - in fact, they increased. Slaves were not shackled together twenty-four hours a day and were given a lot more freedom that they previously had on slavers. Slaves would fight back ‘by working slowly, by destroying equipment or by acts of individual revenge.’ Some went as far to kill their owners and their families but the punishment for those that were caught were of the most heinous sort with torture of their own families, death, and killing those that were not even involved. Some in desperation of running away committed suicide to evade punishment for what they had done.

For many years, slaves were worked to death in harsh systems. They worked hard jobs from can’t see to can’t see. Slaves were seen as property rather than human beings. They were treated badly by their masters. It was a super abusive lifestyle. It’s obvious that slaves didn’t like the type of life they lived. So over time, they realized that the only way to become free was by revolting.

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.