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Slave Resistance & UprisingsAntebellum AmericaSlave Population of the South

Slave ResistanceSambo pattern of behavior used as a charade in front of whitesInnocent laughing black man caricatureBulging eyes, thick lips, big smile

Slave ResistanceRefusal to work hardIsolated acts of sabotageEscape via the Underground Railroad

Runaway Slave Ads

Quilt Patters as Secret MessagesMonkey wrench (left) alerted escapees to gather up their tools and prepare to fleeDrunkard path (right) warned escapees not to follow a straight path

Slave Rebellions Throughout the Americas

Rebellions in the Antebellum SouthGabriel Prosser (1800)Denmark Vesey (1822)

Rebellions in the Antebellum South

Nat Turner1831Culture of SlaveryBlack ChristianityBaptist or MethodistMore emotional worship servicesNegro SpiritualsPidgin or Gullah LanguagesNuclear family with extended kin links where possibleImportance of music in slaves livesEspecially spirituals

Southern Pro-Slavery Propaganda

Wade In The WaterSoul StirrersThe SAR Records Story Disc 1, track 21994Gospel185610.3