Freedom, Enslavement and Resistance

Publicly petitioning the government for abolition.

Slowing down work pace.

Directly engaging in armed conflict with slaveholders.

Writing and distributing anti-slavery pamphlets.

They had no significant impact on the abolitionist movement.

They inspired abolitionists and demonstrated the agency of enslaved people.

They led to stricter laws and harsher treatment of enslaved people, hindering the movement.

They caused divisions within the abolitionist movement due to differing opinions on the effectiveness of such tactics.

By proving their economic value to slaveholders.

By creating opportunities to negotiate for better living conditions.

By asserting their agency and challenging the dehumanizing narratives of slavery.

By integrating themselves into the slaveholder's culture and society.

Churches served as a place for religious worship only.

Churches served as multi-functional spaces for gathering, political organizing, and information sharing.

Churches served as spaces where enslaved people were taught to read and write.

Churches served as spaces where enslaved people displayed loyalty to slaveholders.

By advocating for stricter slave laws.

By facilitating political organizing and preserving cultural traditions.

By encouraging assimilation into white culture.

By promoting loyalty to slaveholders.

Nat Turner

Denmark Vesey

Charles Deslondes

Madison Washington

It was a small, isolated incident with minimal impact.

It involved up to 500 enslaved people marching towards New Orleans, demonstrating significant organization.

It immediately led to the abolition of slavery in Louisiana.

It primarily focused on negotiating better working conditions with slaveholders.

It had no influence; the German Coast Uprising was a spontaneous event.

It served as a direct model and inspiration for the enslaved people involved.

It led to direct military support from Haiti for the uprising.

It caused the enslaved people to fear revolt, leading to the uprising.

Nat Turner

Denmark Vesey

Madison Washington

Charles Deslondes

US federal law extended to the Bahamas.

British law in the Bahamas prohibited slavery.

The ship was declared an international vessel, exempting it from US law.

The mutineers were granted asylum by the Spanish government.