Resistance To Slavery Research Paper
African slaves had terrible experiences throughout their lives and many acted in different ways. Slavery is a terrible concept to begin with, but it was sort of tolerable to some at the moment, but very useful to the masters. Although many enslaved africans acted a certain way, there were a few who did otherwise. The typical response of enslaved africans were resistance, and adaptation and I have many examples to justify my agreement.
Slaves resisted in many ways, such as purchasing freedom. There were many people who bought their own freedom, after years of saving up money. After receiving freedom, they began working to provide for the loved ones, if any, they left behind. They worked enough to provide for them, and to possibly be able to …show more content…
If their owner treated them horrible, the slaves would either steal materialist objects such as food or valuable goods worth money or affection to the owner. They’d also begin to work slower, making their owners mad. The 1791 Rebellion had slaves going against their masters. It was known to be the largest and the most successful slave rebellion in the western hemisphere. By 1803, they had much success in freedom as well Frech control over the colonies. This clearly was extremely successful although it must have injured many slaves because masters were mad that they were acting up. After many examples of resistance, slaves adapted as well. In a handout given to the class, there was a statistics worksheet named “Slave
Escapes in 1850”. The total slave population was approximately 3.2 billion, and only
50,000 of them attempted to escape. 3,150,000 slaves didn't even attempt to leave, possibly because they adapted and faced the fact that they were just going to stay slaves. Many people adapted, fearing the consequences of attempting to just disrespect their master. They knew they didn’t play when it came to trying escape because $3 billion was the value of slaves all together as well as the $3.2 billions on
Slaves resisted in many ways, such as purchasing freedom. There were many people who bought their own freedom, after years of saving up money. After receiving freedom, they began working to provide for the loved ones, if any, they left behind. They worked enough to provide for them, and to possibly be able to …show more content…
If their owner treated them horrible, the slaves would either steal materialist objects such as food or valuable goods worth money or affection to the owner. They’d also begin to work slower, making their owners mad. The 1791 Rebellion had slaves going against their masters. It was known to be the largest and the most successful slave rebellion in the western hemisphere. By 1803, they had much success in freedom as well Frech control over the colonies. This clearly was extremely successful although it must have injured many slaves because masters were mad that they were acting up. After many examples of resistance, slaves adapted as well. In a handout given to the class, there was a statistics worksheet named “Slave
Escapes in 1850”. The total slave population was approximately 3.2 billion, and only
50,000 of them attempted to escape. 3,150,000 slaves didn't even attempt to leave, possibly because they adapted and faced the fact that they were just going to stay slaves. Many people adapted, fearing the consequences of attempting to just disrespect their master. They knew they didn’t play when it came to trying escape because $3 billion was the value of slaves all together as well as the $3.2 billions on