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Social Studies
+3 Age Levels Elementary (9 to 12 years old), Middle School (13 to 15 years old)
This collection includes items representing various forms of resistance and rebellion to enslavement. Students should determine what kind of actions are pictured in the case of each item and use them to create a robust definition of resistance to slavery.
Guiding Questions:
- What does it mean to "resist" slavery? Give examples of how enslaved people sought freedom in each of these categories: theft and property destruction, maintaining the family, culture/religion/music/education, running away, revolt, and resistance at work.
- How did white slave-owners respond to such actions…
Resistance to Slavery
- Created by:
- Kate Harris
- Date Published
- February 29, 2016
- Last Modified
- September 13, 2024
- Description
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This collection includes items representing various forms of resistance and rebellion to enslavement. Students should determine what kind of actions are pictured in the case of each item and use them to create a robust definition of resistance to slavery.
Guiding Questions:
- What does it mean to "resist" slavery? Give examples of how enslaved people sought freedom in each of these categories: theft and property destruction, maintaining the family, culture/religion/music/education, running away, revolt, and resistance at work.
- How did white slave-owners respond to such actions?
- Is maintaining a distinct cultural heritage a form of resistance? Why or why not?
- How do religion, art, and music encourage resistance?
Note that while some items in this collection come from later periods, this collection has been adapted for use in a lesson during the colonial period and focuses on examples of resistance in the 1600s and early 1700s.
- Notes to Other Users
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Additional background information may be found here:
"Music." Pathways to Freedom. Maryland Public Television, 2016. Web. Accessed 28 Feb. 2016. .
Sweet, James H. “Slave Resistance.” Freedom’s Story, TeacherServe©. National Humanities Center. Web. Accessed 28 Feb. 2016. .
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