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Slave Reisistance and Rebellion Angella Chang How did slaves resist their masters? They seized opportunities to alter their work conditions sometimes slacked off when they were not being watched Sabotaged equipment Stole food, livestock, or crop Got drunk on stolen liquor Slaves who were hired out saved their earnings and fell into uprising

Women slave resistance One woman put mercury poison in a roasted apple for her mistress Women tried to control their own pregnancy either by avoiding it or by seeking it as a way to improve their physical conditions Male and some female slaves violently attacked overseers or even their owners.

Runaways Many individual slaves attempted to run away to the North (Underground Railroad) Most ran off temporarily to hide in the woods (80% male) Only a minority ever made it to freedom in the North or Canada

Fearless Revolutionaries Gabriel’s Rebellion (1800, Virginia, thousand slaves) Denmark Vesey (Charleston, 1822) led a conspiracy – Vesey was a free black who bought his own freedom when he won a lottery of $1500 – He became a religious leader in the black community