Example Of Slave Resistance

In order to escape from slavery one must first understand the system of it. However, one can know the system like the back of their hand but unless action is taken against it, understanding the system of slavery becomes irrelevant. Different forms of resistance is, staying true to who you are, setting awareness to others as to how to escape and to let no one else define their character for them. The focus of slavery resistance is far more important than the system of slavery, because when one is enslaved resistance becomes your freedom. These forms of resistance are shown by Orion in Damballah, John in Member Youse a Nigger, and Malcom X in The Ballot or the Bullet. Staying true to oneself is a form of resistance because it shows that one can be uprooted from their home but one’s traditions, values, and beliefs cannot be uprooted from them. A prime example of this is shown in the reading of Damballah, the character Orion was taken into slavery. However, he was rebellious when it came to polluting his mind and soul with another religion known as, Christianity. Christianity was a religion forced upon the slaves in order to weaken them and make them believe their original religion is evil and no good. “Damballah was the word. Said it to Aunt Lissy and she went upside his head, …show more content…
Malcom X did this by giving a speech he named, The Ballot or the Bullet. In his speech Malcom stated, “We must understand the politics of our community…So our people not only have to be re-educated to the importance of supporting black business, but the black man himself has to be made aware of the importance of going into business” (X 80-81). What he mean by this is that blacks must educate themselves politically so they can take control of their own communities and to create our own businesses in order to have control of businesses that are put in their