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Slavery Resistance
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... There are some variables that need to be taken in to consideration when discussing African resistance in America in compared to that in Africa (Karenga 145). ...
Cultural resistance was one of the ways that the enslaved African fought against being enslaved. ... This is one resistance that is easily seen within in our current culture. ... It was also the place where trust in one another was formed to make the efforts of a successful resistance possible (Karenga 147).
Day-to-day resistance consisted of sabotage, destroying crops, faking being sick, being ignorant, strikes, self mutilation including suicide, slow downs and many others (Karenga 147-8). ... This form of resistance shows how the enslaved Africans were not docile people waiting to be saved, they took what they had and tried to free themselves, and many of them did free themselves.
Abolitionism was a form of resistance that included all efforts to abolish slavery in America (Karenga, 148). ... These societies were put in place to help enslaved Africans gain their freedom, and to aid in the abolishment of slavery in the Americas (Karenga 148). ... The Underground Railroad is one of the most infamous ways of resistance for the enslaved African. The Underground Railroad was “a most dramatic way the determination of the abolitionists to destroy slavery” (Franklin, 1974:198, Karenga, 150). ...
Emigrationism is a form of resistance in which enslaved Africans would return to Africa where they could be self governing and no longer enslaved. This form of resistance was difficult due to the fact that many Africans where not wealthy enough to own ships that could sail back to Africa. ... Because of all of these reasons many Africans after hearing about it no longer felt that emigrationism was a very positive way to escape enslavement in America, so this form of resistance was only used during extreme bouts of racism.
The most criticized form of resistance in any society is armed resistance and or revolts. With the enslaved Africans fight for freedom many other forms of resistance were used. ... There were over 250 revolts that occurred in America over slavery, however only a few were ever discussed in length (Karenga 153). With this knowledge I feel that even today white America is trying to hide the fact that there was slavery here as well as make today’s Africans ashamed that they were African because they were “so docile” even though that is not true.
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Title: Slavery Resistance
Words: 1978
Rating: None
Pages: 7.9
submitted by: Christys2001
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