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Slave Resistance
Resistance was not “futile”
Slavery under attack within
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The slave resisted a number of ways
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Broke tools
Ran away
Intentionally destroyed crop
Helped others to escape
Did as little work as possible
Agitated for their release when possible
Bought themselves out of slavery
Secretly supported runaways
Slavery under attack without
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Anti-slavery Advocates resisted in a
number of ways
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Pamphlets were distributed protesting
slavery
Legal mandates were sought
Moral suasion was used to deploy slavery
Slave uprisings occurred.
Sites
Rebellions
Over My Dead Body
Rebellions
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Armed
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Denmark Vessey
Nat Turner
Gabriel Prosser
John Brown’s Raid
Harriet Tubman
Underground Railroad
Seminoles
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Armed with words
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David Walker
Maria Steward
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
Denmark Vessey
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Born in West Africa and
named Telemanque. He
was caught and sold as a
slave. He purchased his
freedom by winning a
lottery. He acquired
property but was not
satisfied that many of his
brothers and sisters
remained in chains.
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ca 1767-1822
Thwarted
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He choose some trusted people and
planned an uprising in. The revolt was
supposed to occur on July 14, 1822. The
whites found out and all of the suspects
rounded up and hung.
Old Virginia
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Virginia was the
“home” of some of the
slave uprisings.
Gabriel Prosser
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Gabriel Prosser was a
free black man. A
blacksmith by trade he
was highly regarded by
blacks and whites alike.
He hated slavery and
lead a revolt in . He
learned to read and write
and was a serious
student of the Bible. He
made the analogy
between the condition of
the Israelites and the
Africans.
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ca 1775-1800
Thwarted
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In 1800 he planned a revolt which was
known by many slaves. His plan was
found out and was placed under martial
law. Torrential rain forced the uprising to
be delayed and eventually militia was able
to capture the planners and supporters.
They were hung about a month later.
Nat Turner
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Nat Turner was born a slave
in 1800. He was very
spiritual and “self- educated
biblical scholar.” He was a
lay preacher. He planned to
attack to move from
plantation to plantation killing
as they went as a way of
intimidating the whites. They
hoped that fear by the whites
and courage on their part
would galvanize their
movement to spread.
Captured
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Nat Turner group 60-70
slaughtered 57 whites.
The white militia
counterattacked and
stopped the uprising. Nat
Turner escaped but was
finally captured and was
executed on November
11, 1831.
John Brown
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John Brown, a well
known abolitionist,
planned a slave uprising
that was “crazy as it was
audacious.” He led a
gang of people against
Harper’s Ferry. His
force was quickly
apprehended and he
was brought to trial and
hung. But before his
death he spoke
eloquently about the
evils of slavery.
Harriet
Tubman
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Harriet Tubman was
not only a leader of
the Underground
Railroad she was a
spy for the Union
Army.
Underground Railroad
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The Underground
Railroad was a series
of safe houses.
This a map of some
of the “stops.”
The Seminoles
A nation within a nation within a
nation
Allies
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Many slaves escape
to Florida and lived
among the
Seminoles. Although
the Seminoles owned
the slaves it was
more for protection.
United
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Africans and
Seminoles united to
resist. This lead to
armed resistance.
In the Caribbean
Haiti
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This French colony
experienced a revolt
like none other.
The Ringleader
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Toussaint Louverture
lead an uprising of
slaves called
moroons. These
were escaped slave
communities.
Francois Dominique Toussaint
Louverture
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This ex-slave led and
army free blacks
against the French and
pushed them from Saint
Domingue, now Haiti.
Even Napolean’s army
was unable to retake
this French colony.
Haiti, under the
leadership of
Louverture’s successor
Jean Jacques
Desselines, became the
second independent
colony in the Americas.
Freedom At Stake
Blacks as soldiers in the Civil
War
Blacks signed up by the
thousands to fight in the Civil War
Active
Armed With Words
David Walker
1785-1830
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Born in 1785 in
Wilmington, NC
Author, abolitionist,
activist.
Tailor by trade ‘an
abolitionist by calling.’
Moved to Boston in 1827.
Wrote “David Walker’s
Appeal.”
Advocated violence to end
slavery.
Maria Stewart
1803-1879
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Born in Hartford, CT
was orphaned at 5.
Despite her limited
education she
became a leading
exponent of
abolishing slavery
and women’s rights.
Frederick Douglass
1817-1895
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Born into slavery and
escaped in 1838.
Abolitionist who
embraced integration.
Was an articulate
spokesperson for African
America rights.
Considered a black
“philosopher and
ideologist.”
Sojourner Truth
1797-1883
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Born Isabella Baumfree
in upstate New York this
woman fought for the
rights of both enslaved
Africans and women.
Her speech “Ain’t I A
Woman” inspired
generations to fight for
rights. She stood over
six feet talk and was not
intimidated by anyone.
Sources
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Slide 6 - http://www.marylandsilver.com/cw129.jpg
Slide 7 - http://www.africawithin.com/bios/denmark_vesey.htm
Slide 8 - http://www.africawithin.com/bios/gabriel_prosser.htm
Slide 10 - http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/spl/gabrielrevolt.html
Slide 11 - Atlas of African American History by James Ciment;
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h501b.html;
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/jb/colonial/jb_colonial_stono_2_e.jpg
Slide 12 - Atlas of African American History by James Ciment;
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/images/3disc2580m.jpg
Slide 22 - Atlas of African American History by James Ciment;
http://www.parlement-bretagne.com/esclavage/abolition.html
Slide 29 - http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/nsotrue.html;
http://www.topicsites.com/sojourner-truth.htm