1. First, consider the following: What did slave agency look like? Was it only violent? NO! Examples include…the more visible & physical – e.g. riots, trying to escape, refusing to work – to the more quiet and hidden – e.g. practicing Voodoo, drinking wine (& saying the bottles had leaked), etc. Slave Agency = when slaves fought back; when they committed various acts to empower themselves against their masters – even in a quiet way.

2. Reading #23: “Plantation Society in the Antebellum South” Thesis? Slaves survived by asserting themselves & negotiating with their masters to create their own distinctive culture within the oppressive system of slavery. Methods of slave masters? Examples of slave agency?

3. Reading #24: “Preface & Part I: Of the Willing and the Obedient” Thesis? Slaves worked through accommodation and resistance – within the constraints of the white paternalistic system – to create a unique culture that was livable for themselves & their children. Methods of slave masters? Examples of slave agency?

4. Reading #25: “The Nature of Female Slavery” Thesis? “Slavery is terrible for men, but it is far more terrible for women…they (females) had wrongs, and sufferings, and mortifications peculiarly their own.” OR…? “Female slave bondage was not better or worse, or more or less severe than male bondage, but it was different.” Methods of slave masters? Examples of slave agency?

5. Reading #26: “A Hell For Blacks: Slavery in Rural Brazil” Thesis? Slaves suffered terribly at the hands of Brazilian slave owners, who were only concerned with short-term concerns and profit. Methods of slave masters? Examples of slave agency?