RESISTANCE Female slaves on plantations‚ adopted some of the same methods as men to crush slavery. They employed quiet‚ subtle and almost negative methods of protest. Some on the other hand used positive or violent methods. These included running away‚ revolt ‚ pretend to be ill and other methods peculiar to them as females. Women however rarely used active resistance because they had harsher penalties. One of the most popular methods of slave resistance used by enslaved women was what Beckles
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Past Paper Questions Theme 1- The Indigenous Peoples and the Europeans 1. Read the passage below‚ and answer the questions that follow. The Taino (Arawak) and Kalinago (Caribs) were similar in many ways‚ but different in others. For example‚ their technology was quite similar‚ but their political organization was to some extent different. Their technology was not as advanced as that of the Maya. a) Explain why Mayan technology is considered more advanced than the technology of the Arawaks and
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Slavery done so we do not need to remember it!” Respond to this statement drawing specific reference to the nature of slave society and how the enslaved fought against their enslavement. Slavery done so we do not need to remember it!” Respond to this statement drawing specific reference to the nature of slave society and how the enslaved fought against their enslavement. Every society‚ in the Caribbean or anywhere else‚ is a product of the particular historical forces that shaped
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at home in Britain. 4. They constantly rebelled against slavery right up until emancipation in 1834. Most spectacular were the slave revolts during the 18th and 19th centuries‚ including: Tacky’s rebellion in 1760s Jamaica‚ the Haitian Revolution (1789)‚ Fedon’s 1790s revolution in Grenada‚ the 1816 Barbados slave revolt led by Bussa‚ and the major 1831 slave revolt in Jamaica led by Sam Sharpe. Also voices of dissent began emerging in Britain‚ highlighting the poor conditions of enslaved people.
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Europeans came into contact with the Caribbean after Columbus’s momentous journeys in 1492‚ 1496 and 1498. The desire for expansion and trade led to the settlement of the colonies. The indigenous peoples‚ according to our sources mostly peaceful Tainos and warlike Caribs‚ proved to be unsuitable for slave labour in the newly formed plantations‚ and they were quickly and brutally decimated. The descendants of this once thriving community can now only be found in Guiana and Trinidad. The slave trade
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private company to colonise Africa for profit Beginning of trade in enslaved Africans in Virginia to grow tobacco The first English settlement on St Kitts is established by Thomas Warner Barbados becomes an English Caribbean colony First ship of enslaved Africans arrive on St. Kitts Slave rebellion takes place in Barbados England takes control of Jamaica from Spain Escaped slaves in Jamaica create ‘Maroon’ settlements in the mountains Slave rebellion in Guadeloupe led by Angolans Juan de Bolas‚ a Jamaican
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abolition of slavery. 4. Improve the conditions under which the slaves lived. Responses to the Amelioration Proposals. PLANTERS. They fiercely resisted and rejected the amelioration proposals in all colonies. For example: 1. The assembly in Barbados arrayed that the slave laws were already lenient. 2. Trinidad planters asked that the proposals be withdrawn. 3. The 1820 revised slave code in Jamaica violated the proposals: slaves could not receive religious instruction‚ church services
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made a difference in the slave trade. In "The life of Olaudah Equiano"‚ Olaudah was sold on a slave ship that came to the Barbados. Olaudah worked for his freedom‚ and in the end became efficient in American language. He worked his way to the free life and in the end it worked out for him‚ although it leaves scars on his soul. In "Amistad"‚ Cinque is a slave that leads a revolt on a slave ship after escaping. When they get to america‚ Baldwin‚ a lawyer that is representing the slave and the former
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rebellion in 1831 are prominent slave revolts in history. Now you know the basics of the types of slave resistance there is can begin to go into more depth of what some
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Slavery is a condition in which others own individuals. It has been taking place hundreds of years before it was finally abolished in 1833. In the late 1770s and in the beginning of the 1800s‚ many voices rose against slavery especially in British’s territories. There has been a lot of debate over the factors that contributed to the final success of the bill. A change in economic interests was one of the reasons of the success of abolitionists’ movements. The industrial revolution took place in the
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