Quick Fire: Remember the school-wide policy? All current freshman must serve as janitors every morning for the rest of their high school career in order to graduate. How might you respond to this? Are there ways to resist without getting in trouble?

What are ways that slaves could resist slavery?

Resistance Passive Resistance: Indirectly resisting the boundaries set by slavery. Active Resistance: Directly resisting slavery by going outside of the bounds.

Texas Slave Population, 1860 Primary Source Adventures: Runaway Slaves University of North Texas Libraries

University of North Texas Libraries Green Cumby WPA Slave Narrative Primary Source Adventures: Runaway Slaves University of North Texas Libraries

A Journey Through Texas. 1857. Frederick Law Olmsted, A Journey Through Texas. 1857. Primary Source Adventures: Runaway Slaves University of North Texas Libraries

Marshall Texas Republican March 25, 1859 Primary Source Adventures: Runaway Slaves Marshall Texas Republican March 25, 1859 University of North Texas Libraries

Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph October 19, 1958 Primary Source Adventures: Runaway Slaves Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph October 19, 1958 University of North Texas Libraries

University of North Texas Libraries Clarksville Northern Standard January 6, 1855 Primary Source Adventures: Runaway Slaves University of North Texas Libraries

Clarksville Northern Standard May 5, 1855 Primary Source Adventures: Runaway Slaves Clarksville Northern Standard May 5, 1855 University of North Texas Libraries

University of North Texas Libraries Primary Source Adventures: Runaway Slaves Clarksville Northern Standard October 24, 1857 University of North Texas Libraries

Primary Source Questions What does this source tell us about slaves? What does this source tell us about what slavery was like? What does this source tell us about how slaves resisted slavery?

Slavery Story You are going to write a story about your experience in slavery. Requirements: Between 1-2 pages Size 12 Font Typed in Word (on your computer) Emailed to Me

Slavery Story You must answer the following questions with your story. Where were you born? What sort of work did you do? What was your life like? How did you passively resist slavery? How did you actively resist slavery?