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Types of Slavesresistance Revised
Types of Slavesresistance Revised
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THEM
E
three:
RESIS
TANC
E AND
REVO
LT
THE ENVIRONMENT FOR
REBELLION
Review
Although they assumed that the Africans,
who arrived in the Caribbean, were
resigned to their status as slaves, there
was always the continued threat of mass
rebellion. Many planters were accustomed
to the fear of a rebellion on the colony.
As a result they created varied methods
of maintaining control over a population of
slaves that out-numbered them 100:2
English Laws: Denial of Civil Rights (right
MET to family, leisure, legal representation,
religious instruction, or identity).
HOD
S OF Cultural control: Symbols removed: Things
that could allow the slave to create
CON national identity were denied.
TRO
L Dehumanization: Referring to Africans as
animals, sub humans and non-entities.
Learning objectives
To identify and evaluate ways in which
enslaved people resisted the institution of
slavery.
Escape Working
Poison their really
: Costs
owner: Costs slow:
owner
owner health Less
or life! work, less
profit
Faking
illness: Keeping
Stealing
Wastes traditions:
stuff:
time, Ensures
Costs
costs group
owner
owner identity
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