Slavery started in the year 1619 in Jamestown, Virginia, and quickly spread throughout the rest of the south. Slaves were shipped over and auctioned off into a life of torture and misery. Slaves had little to no say in what their life would consist of and they were quickly annoyed, so like any other person would do, they stood up for themselves and would rebel. Slaves had obvious ways of rebellion, but they also had secretive, less obvious ways as well. Slaves produced all manual labor that took place on the plantation. As an act of resistance slaves would try to slow down production as much as possible by working as slow as they unnoticeable could. Alongside of slowing down production slaves would also steal product from their owners because