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Resisting Slavery . Resistance. Work slow Playing “ Sick” Break tools “Theft ” Poisoning Food Run away Rebellion Gabriel Prosser . Running Away. Over 1,000 Mainly in upper south Ran to the North or Canada. Negro Spirituals. Slaves created songs with secret messages - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Resisting Slavery
ResistanceWork slowPlaying “Sick”Break tools“Theft”Poisoning FoodRun awayRebellion
Gabriel Prosser
Running AwayOver 1,000Mainly in upper
southRan to the
North or Canada
Slaves created songs with secret
messagesExamples (Don’t copy)Swing Low Sweet ChariotLet My People GoWade in the Water
Negro Spirituals
A series of safe houses slaves used to get to freedom
The Underground Railroad
Family on Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Leader of Underground Railroad
Homes, barns, woods, trails north
19 missions300 people
Violently overthrowing slave masters
Usually by killing them and their families
Very rare
Slave Rebellions
RebellionsNat Turner, 1831
Led a slave rebeliion in Virginia Killed 70
· Turner was caught and hanged. His revolt, however, increased Southerner’s fears of slave revolts.
Slave Rebellions (Don't Copy)Gabriel Prosser
1800LiterateRichmond, VA1000 slaves“Death or liberty”
Denmark Vescey, 1822Telemanque, born in
Africa or W. IndiesFree, literate,
preacherCharlestonMissouri Compromise100 men
Resisting Slavery· Many slaves tried to escape to the North. Few were successful.· In 1831, an African-American preacher named Nat Turner led a revolt in Virginia, killing 57 whites.
Rewards ConsequencesWhites could be Jailed or fined
Blacks could be killed
The Fugitive Slave Laws Of 1850Under this law, it gave
slave owners the right to organize a posse to recapture runaway slaves.
No African American was considered safe.
Courts and police had to help all over the United States.
Private citizens had to help, too to recapture the slaves.
He escaped from slaveryHe held speeches asking for the end of slavery
Fredrick Douglass
A white person who wanted to abolish (end) slavery
Abolitionist
Dred Scott
Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom