Black resistance to slavery
African-Americans resisted slavery in a couple of different ways. They had slave uprisings, spoke out against slavery, and also they ran away from slavery through the Underground Railroad. One way more than the rest helped the white community to realize that the African-Americans were willing to give up their lives for this cause. That these were people, not animals and that a war was on its way. This was shown through the numerous slave revolts. Denmark Vesey was sold first as a slave in 1781 to a Bermuda captain named Joseph Vesey (“Denmark Vesey” 1). Denmark assumed his master’s surname and accompanied him on numerous voyages, and in 1783 Denmark settled with his owner in Charleston (“Denmark Vesey” 1). Denmark won a street lottery and he bought his own freedom (“Denmark Vesey” 1). He then became a carpenter and he had trouble working with all of the other white workers (“Denmark Vesey” 1). He was an educated man and he already knew of the great Haitian slave revolt of the 1790s (“Denmark Vesey” 1). He resented the continued enslavement of his children and his second class treatment on the job (“Denmark Vesey” 1). He was determined to do something about slavery and the overall treatment of African-Americans (“De
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