What Were The Causes Of American Slave Revolts

Slave Revolts Slaves revolted for many reasons, they revolted to escape the harsh punishments, tough labor, and to reunite with their loved ones. Slaves were mistreated and not acknowledged as humans, but as property. Slaves were beaten, sexually abused and had no freedom. As a result of the injustice way they were treated, resistance in American Slavery took form in many ways. One of the most common type would be a individual act of rebellion, another type that only few accomplished were planned out a armed rebellion, and then there were those that were just conspiracies. Some slaves refused to accept the theory that they were happy being treated as servants and some were filled with rage over stories that they were told which generated one of the biggest revolts led by Nat Turner. …show more content…
Captives aimed to ruin cash crops or slow down production by breaking tools. Stealing some of the crops or foods was another thing they would do because often under fed for the work labor they were doing. House slaves that had access to foods that owners were eating tried to get them sick by poisoning them.
Besides attempting to sabotage the plantations they often tried to grant their own freedom by running away. Some strategies worked like the underground railroad where many traveled to their freedom. Other attempts like John Punch who was an indentured servants that ran away along with two other white indentured servants were caught and brought back to his owner were he was sentenced to be a slave for life. Many runway attempts often lead to being captured. Punishments for being captured running away were very brutal but most slaves took the