African Americans, before the civil war used different methods in deciding how they would deal with slavery. Most slaves knew what had been done to them was wrong, and almost all sought after action to deal with these unjust things. The situation was only personified by the few that actually took public action. The public protests were achieved by slave and abolitionist rebellions, that took place the usually resulted in violence. Most slaves achieved non-violent protest by using the implements the wrong way, not working efficiently, and enjoying what they did have, when they had finished their work. This was ironic because the (rich) white slave owners saw them as happy, regardless if they were referred to as property, being stupid or even
