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Slave Resistance & Uprisings

Slave Resistance & Uprisings. Antebellum America. Slave Population of the South. Slave Resistance. “ Sambo ” pattern of behavior used as a charade in front of whites Innocent laughing black man caricature Bulging eyes, thick lips, big smile. Slave Resistance. Refusal to work hard

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Slave Resistance & Uprisings

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  1. Slave Resistance & Uprisings Antebellum America

  2. Slave Population of the South

  3. Slave Resistance • “Sambo” pattern of behavior used as a charade in front of whites • Innocent laughing black man caricature • Bulging eyes, thick lips, big smile

  4. Slave Resistance • Refusal to work hard • Isolated acts of sabbotage • Escape via the “Underground Railroad”

  5. Runaway Slave Ads

  6. Quilt Patters as Secret Messages • Monkey wrench (left) alerted escapees to gather up their tools and prepare to flee • Drunkard path (right) warned escapees not to follow a straight path

  7. Slave Rebellions Throughout the Americas

  8. Rebellions in the Antebellum South Gabriel Prosser (1800) Denmark Vesey (1822)

  9. Rebellions in the Antebellum South Nat Turner 1831

  10. Culture of Slavery • Black Christianity • Baptist or Methodist • More emotional worship services • Negro Spirituals • Pidgin or Gullah Languages • Nuclear family with extended kin links where possible • Importance of music in slaves lives • Especially spirituals

  11. Southern Pro-Slavery Propaganda

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