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Slave Resistance & UprisingsAntebellum AmericaSlave Population of the South
Slave ResistanceSambo pattern of behavior used as a charade in front of whitesInnocent laughing black man caricatureBulging eyes, thick lips, big smile
Slave ResistanceRefusal to work hardIsolated acts of sabotageEscape via the Underground Railroad
Runaway Slave Ads
Quilt Patters as Secret MessagesMonkey wrench (left) alerted escapees to gather up their tools and prepare to fleeDrunkard path (right) warned escapees not to follow a straight path
Slave Rebellions Throughout the Americas
Rebellions in the Antebellum SouthGabriel Prosser (1800)Denmark Vesey (1822)
Rebellions in the Antebellum South
Nat Turner1831Culture of SlaveryBlack ChristianityBaptist or MethodistMore emotional worship servicesNegro SpiritualsPidgin or Gullah LanguagesNuclear family with extended kin links where possibleImportance of music in slaves livesEspecially spirituals
Southern Pro-Slavery Propaganda
Wade In The WaterSoul StirrersThe SAR Records Story Disc 1, track 21994Gospel185610.3
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