Slaves are people who were taken into servitude by force, hence there was no way most of them could be treated like family. As such, many of the slaves were housed under very poor and harsh conditions, but much expected from them in terms of work put in for the master. Be that as it may, they received a fair portion of food, and a roof over their heads. In light of their living conditions, slaves planned on how to free themselves. This essay will explore the way slaves lived under their masters and how the slaves planned to escape, from either acting out and trying to maintain their dignity or attempting rebellion attempts to escape from servitude.
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Therefore, in many cases the slaves did like to retaliate often and assaulted their owners by using acts of violence or stealing from their masters. This was a form of overt resistance that the tactics slaves used. The group of rebel slaves would attack in usually small groups and they would even take food from there owners hands and then run off. Usually, though when the slaves did try to up rise a rebellion were easily put to an end and the leader of the group was punished by death or was threatened to be sold and taken away from their family.
When this resistance failed the slaves used a more secret, disguised form to play tricks on their master. This resistance that they used was covert which was more “I oblige but I do not comply” (Spencer 235).The slaves would pretend to be dumb or showing slowness of pace when they worked or even lied to their masters. Some of them would even fake illness to get out of their strenuous labor. This resistance felt safer to the slaves because they knew they would not get killed by just pretending to get out of
The nineteenth century, slavery was a prominent and a very controversial issue in the United …show more content…
Therefore, in many cases the slaves did like to retaliate often and assaulted their owners by using acts of violence or stealing from their masters. This was a form of overt resistance that the tactics slaves used. The group of rebel slaves would attack in usually small groups and they would even take food from there owners hands and then run off. Usually, though when the slaves did try to up rise a rebellion were easily put to an end and the leader of the group was punished by death or was threatened to be sold and taken away from their family.
When this resistance failed the slaves used a more secret, disguised form to play tricks on their master. This resistance that they used was covert which was more “I oblige but I do not comply” (Spencer 235).The slaves would pretend to be dumb or showing slowness of pace when they worked or even lied to their masters. Some of them would even fake illness to get out of their strenuous labor. This resistance felt safer to the slaves because they knew they would not get killed by just pretending to get out of