(CR8) Fighting Slavery on the Slaveholders' Terrain - Glymph
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According to John Parker's recollection, what was one of the significant demands placed on the slaves?

  • To raise livestock for their masters
  • To clear land for cotton cultivation (correct)
  • To build roads for transportation
  • To construct homes for their families

What effect did the slaveholders' power have on the slaves, according to the context?

  • Slaves had significant control over plantations
  • Slaves faced little hardship during their labor
  • Slaves frequently resisted their conditions
  • Slaves were unable to mobilize collectively (correct)

What aspect of the slave society is highlighted as being significant in the content?

  • Its isolation from the rest of America
  • Its cultural diversity and practices
  • Its wealth and power despite a small population (correct)
  • Its influence over northern states

What was the main challenge faced by slaves when adapting to new environments?

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Slaveholding Power

A small percentage (7%) of white Southerners held a significant proportion (75%) of enslaved people, controlling crucial institutions like banks, and dominating the federal government.

Slaveholders' Achilles' Heel

Slaves were both the source of power and vulnerability for slaveholders as their resistance undermined their authority.

Slave Resistance

Various actions taken by enslaved people to undermine slavery, including flight, work stoppages, and acts of defiance.

Slave Flight

A widespread method for enslaved people to escape and reclaim their freedom.

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Family Separations

A significant challenge for enslaved people, often used by slaveholders to maintain control via family bonds.

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Slave Bonds of Affection

Slaveholders' use of family relationships as leverage to control enslaved people.

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Everyday Resistance

Individual acts of defiance, work slowdowns, and insolence used by slaves to combat slavery.

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Large-Scale Revolt

Significant uprisings like the Haitian Revolution, while possible, were considered less common in the American South due to factors like demographics and racial makeup.

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German Coast Uprising

A notable example of slave resistance in the American South.

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Gabriel Prosser's Rebellion

A significant resistance movement highlighting a slave revolt attempt.

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Nat Turner's Rebellion

A large-scale slave uprising focusing on challenging slavery, showing vulnerabilities.

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"Slaves' Politics"

A system of resistance and influence developed through daily actions that ultimately affected the Civil War.

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Political Expression

Slaves' actions aimed at reclaiming their humanity and challenging the system, considered an act of resistance.

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Cotton Industry

The highly demanding industry that contributed to the need for more slave labor, fueling the challenges and resistance of enslaved people.

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7%

The small percentage of white population who owned a large percentage of the slaves.

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75%

The percentage of slaves owned by a small percentage of the population.

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Disproportionate Control

The unfair or unequal distribution of power in terms of institutional control (banks, shipping) and government influence.

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Federal Government Dominance

Slaveholders' control of key positions in the federal government.

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Incentive

Motive or encouragement; slaves generally had little incentive to work hard.

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Work Stoppages

A form of protest in which workers purposefully slow down or stop work.

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Study Notes

Slaveholding Power

  • By 1860, a small percentage of the white population (7%) owned a large percentage of the slaves (75%).
  • Slaveholders dominated key institutions including banks, merchant houses, factories, railroads, and shipping concerns.
  • Slaveholding power was derived from a disproportionate share of control over the federal government with the majority of presidents, supreme court justices, and other prominent figures coming from slave states.

Slaveholders' Achilles' Heel

  • Slaves were the source of slaveholders' strength and their Achilles' Heel as slaves worked to undermine slaveholders' power and authority.
  • Slaves did not fulfill planters' dreams as they were often forced to work hard and constantly to keep up with the demands of the booming cotton industry.
  • Slaves did not work well because they had no incentive to do so.

Slave Resistance

  • Flight was one of the most widespread means by which slaves sought to claim back their labor and freedom.
  • The forced movement of slaves, including family separations, caused challenges to slaveholders.
  • Slave owners used bonds of affection as leverage to maintain power, often using family members as bargaining chips.
  • Tensions existed between slaves, but they continued to resist in various ways.
  • The everyday actions of slaves, including work stoppages and displays of insolence, were constant challenges to slaveholders.
  • A large-scale revolt like that in Haiti was unlikely due to the racial and demographic makeup of the American South.
  • While large scale rebellions were rare, slaves resisted in ways that undermined the system of slavery including individual acts of defiance, work stoppages, and flight.
  • The German Coast uprising, Gabriel Prosser's rebellion, and Nat Turner's Rebellion all marked significant attempts to challenge the system of slavery and exposed the vulnerabilities of the slaveholding society.
  • Everyday resistance, small and large, created a "slaves' politics" which influenced the outcome of the civil war.
  • Slaves' continuous efforts to claim their humanity was an act of political expression and resistance.

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