slave resistance

• Slaves resisted because:

  
  

  Cost their owner money

  
  

  Hurt those that hurt them

  
  

  Scare them into better treatment
• Slaves resisted by:

  
  

  Passive resistance (working slowly) - less likely to be punished

  
  

  Less work = owner gets less money

  
  

  Escape

  
  

  Underground railroad

  
  

  Violence - break tools, damage property/ crop, violence towards owners

  
  

  1831 Virginia Nat Turner led a group that killed 60 whites
• Resulted in better treatment to an extent
• Not effective:

  Threat of punishment

  
  

  Worse treatment

  
  

  Slave hunters

  
  

  Didn't know location well

  
  

  Language barriers

  
  

  Stronger owners