Throughout humanity existence, there has always been slavery. It’s where a person of high society oppress and abuses an individual that is part of the “barbaric“ class. Notable mention to such abuse was during the colonial years. At the time, the Europeans or high society, would use slavery and utilize the indigenous people and the African as slaves. However, these slaves would rebel against their white masters. These forms of rebellion would be used in both society and both using similar tactics just somewhat altered depending on the culture.
The African people are are rich in culture. Such example is the richness of their stories and how they use both oral and visual communication to refer to stories. An example of graphical …show more content…
Both politically sound and solid belief in religion such as their belief in spirit. However, that evolved over during the colonial years which it soon created a slave society. As the expatriate people soon begin to utilize the indigenous people for their own needs. Such needs as the production of raw materials in plantation field like cotton. In this enslavement of the indigenous of the Caribbean, many slave owner soon realizes a pattern that the slaves acted upon in order to resist. They discovered three main categories. For example in the text the 18th and the 19th centuries: Antislavery ideology the first category would be accommodation experience where they would commit short-escapes, malingering, sabotage, poisoning their masters. This kind of resistance made a war of psychological tensions and stress between this relationship. For instance slave poisoner Jeannit show how successful the first category as he poisoned his master and did not get caught as due in large part of the slave population support and protection of the poisoners. The second category would be the alternative lifestyle. This category of resistance is when the slave population would create their own world of culture. This culture would keep distinct Caribbean cultures to which it would also keep both their history and beliefs. In addition they create their own families even if not biological brother or sister. Furthermore, this would be …show more content…
For example woman slaves in both cultures were used for prostitution. This is shown in the Petticoat Rebellion? Article. In this article it shows they were treated in such like mere object of pleasure. An example is where Robert Wedderburn a freed slave says: “My father…. pregnant“. In this paragraph, it implies that his pleasure was profit due to many of the enslaved women being pregnant. This however gave both African and Caribbean societies another way of resisting. For instance woman slaves would have some control over their white masters. Notably slave owner Thistlewood’s diaries contains evidence that Phibbah his “wife“ disregarded his overtures on occasions and withheld affections periodically. Another similarity would be the case with self-mutilation. For example, during their naval travels the African slaves would attempt to jump off in order to drown themselves to avoid slavery from their captors whereas the indigenous people would also self inflict injuries in order to avoid operating in the field. This way of revolt impacted the colonial society as warned slave owners to become ever of their actions. Another similarity would be their violent revolts against Such as African slaves revolts in slave ship and the Maroon Wars (1793) for the indigenous people. As showed above, it shows how the African people and the indigenous had similar intention by means of