Slave Rebellions In The 19th Century

Throughout 250 years of American slavery, the unfortunate common of slave rebellions is that they are all failed to stand up against the whites. Although some revolts had been thought out carefully, the leader would eventually be exposed by one of his followers, leading to their death and failure. Furthermore, with the rigorous police of the whites, it is understandable that large scale uprisings were rare; in fact, the four most famous ones all took place in a 35 years period at the beginning of the 19th century, and they all struck the terror into the hearts of white all across American south, showing that the revolts were not just suicidal, but also a threat to loved ones, and all slaves. Moreover, all the participants of the uprisings would always end up being executed, there is no absolution or forgiveness.
They did resist their oppression, and this was expressed through more subtle forms of resistance such as intentional delay in work, sabotaging equipment, or pretending not to understand the instruction. Personally, I think that all of this is intentional because in order for slavery to function, slaves have to be dehumanized. This makes slaveholders rationalized what they were doing so they wouldn't think of slaves as human, and slaves wouldn't think of themselves as humans. However, in the face of systematic, legal and cultural degradation, slaves reaffirmed their humanity through family and faith, and in fact, taking out an identity as a human being in a social order that is constantly seeking to dehumanized you is the most powerful form of resistance. Therefore, slaves fought back, and they did win