This collection includes items that will help you understand the conditions that led to the growth of slavery and the ways in which enslaved persons resisted slavery.
Guiding Questions:
- Why did slavery become increasingly important, especially in the Southern colonies?
- How did "slave laws" support the system of slavery?
- What does it mean to "resist" slavery? …
Slavery and Slave Resistance in the Colonies
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- ufn44 uln44
- Adapted From
- Resistance to Slavery
- Date Published
- September 11, 2017
- Last Modified
- November 05, 2021
- Description
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This collection includes items that will help you understand the conditions that led to the growth of slavery and the ways in which enslaved persons resisted slavery.
Guiding Questions:- Why did slavery become increasingly important, especially in the Southern colonies?
- How did "slave laws" support the system of slavery?
- What does it mean to "resist" slavery?
- How did white slave-owners respond to such actions?
- Is maintaining a distinct cultural heritage a form of resistance? Why or why not?
- How do religion, art, and music encourage resistance?
You will answer your group's assigned question using at least 3 pieces of appropriate evidence from the collection included here.
- Notes to Other Users
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Additional background information may be found here:
"Music." Pathways to Freedom. Maryland Public Television, 2016. Web. Accessed 28 Feb. 2016. .
Sweet, James H. “Slave Resistance.” Freedom’s Story, TeacherServe©. National Humanities Center. Web. Accessed 28 Feb. 2016. .
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