Other examples of illness or injury was faking paralysis and blindness. A small but persistent way for slaves to show resistance was to damage property, some slaves would destroy everything that they touched, from livestock to the crops. One of the most feared ways of rebellion was for a slave to run away, one slaveholder said he would ¨rather a [slave] would do anything else than runaway.¨ (Stampp 266). The slaves who performed these actions were all punished accordingly. According to a Dr. Cartwright there was a ¨disease¨ called Drapetomania, which caused slaves to run away, if slaves showed signs of this disease the preventative measure was to ¨whip the devil out of them.¨ (Stampp 266). While all of these reasons perfectly answer the asked question there are some flaws to Stampp´s
Other examples of illness or injury was faking paralysis and blindness. A small but persistent way for slaves to show resistance was to damage property, some slaves would destroy everything that they touched, from livestock to the crops. One of the most feared ways of rebellion was for a slave to run away, one slaveholder said he would ¨rather a [slave] would do anything else than runaway.¨ (Stampp 266). The slaves who performed these actions were all punished accordingly. According to a Dr. Cartwright there was a ¨disease¨ called Drapetomania, which caused slaves to run away, if slaves showed signs of this disease the preventative measure was to ¨whip the devil out of them.¨ (Stampp 266). While all of these reasons perfectly answer the asked question there are some flaws to Stampp´s