Forms of Slave Resistance: Insurrectionary and Non-insurrectionary

Welcome!

Now that you have discussed the reasons why the enslaved resisted, we are going to discover the types/forms of resistance they used to undermine the institution of slavery.

Press play on the mind map below to see the various forms of resistance used by the Africans in their fight against slavery.

Your assignment is as follows:

1. Identify the forms of resistance from the mind map that were ONLY be used by women.
2. From the list identified in question one, choose one insurrectionary and one non-insurrectionary form of resistance and describe how it was utilized by women.

Mind Map created by Stacey Smith with GoConqr

Let's continue with the excellent work you have produced thus far!

Resistance and Revolt: Reasons for Slave Resistance

Welcome back to one and all!!

The responses to your first assignment were very interesting. What you have written have shown that you fully understand what slavery was and what resistance was all about.

Now onto assignment #2 for this week:

Firstly, watch the video below and see if you can list at least five reasons why slaves resisted.

Secondly, read the excerpt below of a slave narrative to explore other reasons why Africans did not accept slavery.

"Our hands are required to be in the cotton field as soon as it is light in the morning, and, with the exception of ten or fifteen minutes, which is given us at noon to swallow our allowance of cold bacon, we are not permitted to be a moment idle until it is too dark to see, and when the moon is full, we often times labor till the middle of the night. We do not dare to stop even at dinner time, nor return to the quarters, however late it be, until the order to halt is given by the driver. I, myself, had a master who used me worse than he had a moral right to do, regarding me merely as an article of property, and not entitled to any basic rights as a man, social, political or economic.We lodged in small barracks, and on the bare ground. Wooden floors were an unknown luxury. In a single room were huddled, like cattle, ten or a dozen persons, men, women, and children. All ideas of refinement and decency were, of course, out of the question. We had neither bedsteads, nor furniture of any description. Our beds were collections of straw and old rags, thrown down in the corners and boxed in with boards; a single blanket the only covering."

We are excited to see what you will discover this time around.

Resistance and Revolt: Defining Slavery and Slave Resistance

Welcome future Historians!! I hope everyone is enjoying this fascinating topic on resistance and revolt. I know you are eager to join in the discussion on what is considered to be the most revolutionary stage in Caribbean History.

Our objective today is to defining major terms relating to resistance.

Generally, when we speak about resistance to slavery, one  must have an idea of what slavery is and what is meant by resistance.

Assignment #1

1.  Watch the video below and then give your interpretation of what slavery is
2. View the series of pictures below and give your interpretation of what slave resistance is.

We are eager to see your responses.