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Slave Control and Resistance

Slave Control and Resistance . Nate Washburn. Treatment of Slaves. Slaves were considered property (PBS) They had their one laws called the “Slave Codes” (PBS)

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Slave Control and Resistance

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  1. Slave Control and Resistance Nate Washburn

  2. Treatment of Slaves • Slaves were considered property (PBS) • They had their one laws called the “Slave Codes” (PBS) • These had rules such as: They could not testify in court, they could not leave their plantation without permission, or could not strike in self defense (PBS) • Slaves were given minimal food, clothes, and shelter for living and working (Boston)

  3. Reasons for punishment • Slaves were punished for reasons like not working fast enough, arriving at the fields late, defying authority, and running away (PBS)

  4. Pain enducing tactics • Slaves were sometimes punished by whippings, torture and mutilation (PBS) • “The lash, cane or raised hand was meant to produce docility in the slave…” (Feblowitz)

  5. Other Punishments • Slaves were threatened with being sold • They were also killed for punishment at times (PBS)

  6. Resistance • Slave Resistance was present from the start • Slaves resisted for some sort of freedom against the institution that defined people as property (Sweet)

  7. Resistance in the fields • “If slave masters increased workloads, provided meager rations, or punished too severely, slaves registered their displeasure by slowing work, feigning illness, breaking tools, or sabotaging production.” (Sweet)

  8. Other Resistances • Slaves would sometimes resort to theft to go against their masters • They would steal things like fruits, vegetable, liquor, or tobacco (Sweet)

  9. Runaways • “For most, despite the brutal corporal punishment they would face if caught, fleeing bondage was a more hopeful option” • Most runaways were young males • (Boston)

  10. Clever Resistances • Some slaves were more tricky and smart • One example is when slaves tricked their master into giving them good meat • They lied to the master saying that the pigs had a disease so the master would let them have the meat

  11. Works Cited Boston, Nicholas. "Slave Experience: Living Conditions." PBS. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. "Conditions of Antebellum Slavery." Africans in America. PBS. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. Feblowitz, Joshua. "Breaking the Cycle: Violence, Control & Resistance in American Slave Narratives." Studentpulse.com. 2010. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. "Malitis." Niu.edu. Web. 3 Apr. 2012. Sweet, James. "Slave Resistance." Nationalhumanitiescenter.org. Web. 30 Mar. 2012.

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