Resistance_To_Enslavement

Resistance To Enslavement Slave Resistance The lives of slaves were very hard. They faced much adversity on their tireless path to gain freedom from their oppressive owners. Slaves were thought to be inferior to their white owners. Therefore they were not allowed to take part in anything other than that of their life as servants. They were subject to oppressive laws, “Slave Codes”, brutal torture, sexual abuse, and were also culturally scarred. In response to this horrible mistreatment, they took part in many different types of resistance against their enslavement. The African resistance in the United states was much different than that of African resistance in other parts of the world. The population of the U.S. was smaller, yet there was not enough unsettled land for the slaves to run to and start their own rebel colonies. Even if they did happen to escape, the harsh weather made it almost impossible to maintain their communities. Their efforts to organize against their oppression was stunted because the plantation life was very isolated. In 1807 the federal prohibition of the importation of enslaved persons caused a loss of the rebellious spirit in the slaves. Also the plantation owners slaves, resistance, owners, even, very, free, different, tried, thought, oppressive, much, horrible, families, day-to-day, culturally, against, africans, african, ways, united, therefore, states, spirit, slave, resisted, rebellious, rebel, practiced, plantation, people, past, part, own, native