They felt as though the more abuse they gave, the more power they gained. However, some slaveholders become so obsessed with the thirst for power that their actions lead to the deaths of innocent people. The violent scenes that Douglass presents are nothing short of horrifying. He reveals that slaveholders often got away with murder with out any type of punishment or jurisdiction. An account of this is when a slaveholder by the name of Mr. Gore whipped his slave, Demby, to the point where he could not bear it.
For example, there was a full scale slave rebellion in the 1790s on the island of Santo Domingo where “fighting was unspeakably savage, with whites and blacks slaughtering one another in a carnage of racial violence that ultimately cost some sixty thousand lives” (15). The insurgents succeeded in overthrowing the French and establishing independence in Haiti. The rebellion’s greatest impact was the so called “Santo Domingo virus—a sickness, whites believed, that arrived on slave ships from the West Indies, infected American slaves, and caused them to run away or murder people in their delirium” (16). This concept of the Santo Domingo virus set a precedent for insurrection in Virginia. In 1799, “Southampton County
Jill Lepore, in her book New York Burning, explores the conspiracy known as Great Negro Plot of 1741 in the British colony of New York to revolt. She explains the conspiracy and the related incidences in chronological order along with detailed historical background of the trials of convicted slaves for the “plot”. She does not give clear opinion on whether the conspiracy should be considered hysteria of whites, or a real plot planned by black slaves. However, considering the social and economical background of 1741, New York was in a devastating state where economic depression, declining food and fuel supply, and unbearable cold weather angered most of population in the city (59). The conspiracy was believed to be true by these furious people who were blind to even recognize what they believe.
Slave Resistance & Slavery & Freedom in American History in Tennessee History 251 Final Paper Paula Burton Resistance to slavery was formed due to the extreme brutality which the slaves were forced to endure at the hands of their masters. Early African Americans found ways to escape following their master’s orders. Many slaves would pretend to be ill, do their jobs poorly, refuse to work, destroy equipment, steal food, and set fires to buildings. These revolts were not part of an organized plan, but rather individual acts. The objective was to upset the plantations normal routine in any way possible.
* Oppression of Indentured servants * Navigation acts making tobacco prices to high, with no profit * Governor his friends land advances * Restrict the vote to only landowners * Consequences of Bacon’s Rebellion * Bacon was imprisoned * The whole town of Virginia was burnt down * Social Instability was complicated by a slow economy, due to navigation acts (High Tabaco cost) * Over production of tobacco and high taxes led to financial instability * What was the long term importance of the rebellion? * Prompted White landowners to get rid of indentured servants and replace with African slaves * The rebellion also decimated the remaining tribes in Virginia and forced many of the survivors to flee the colony. * How did influence the south? * By them replacing the servants with all african slaves, with the thought of them being property not a humans. It created a line of Racism.
And in those teachings he believed and manipulated his followers to believe there was going to be a war between the whites and blacks. This war would have been called “Helter Skelter.” At this time the Beetles “White” album was released, and Manson felt as if the Beetles were singing lyrics to what Manson was trying to say the whole time. Therefore Manson took it upon himself to start the Helter Skelter warfare. Him and his family started murdering many innocent people. When these murdering sprees took place Manson and his “Family” kept trying to frame the black people by putting a paw print on the walls with the victim’s blood.
They did not use firearms, as this would make a lot of noise. He then took the horses and picked up other slaves, and they went from plantations to plantations where they stabbed, killed and beheaded 60 whites they had encountered. Many whites were enraged. They started searching for Nat and the suspects. They beat and killed over 100 slaves to find where Nat was.
Infants were killed to save them from the Spaniards. In two years, through murder, mutilation, or suicide, half of the 250,000 Indians on Haiti were dead” (Zinn, 6). This quote explains how brutal the Spaniards were towards the Arawaks, while the Arawaks were obedient and listened to the Spaniards. Even though the Arawaks tried to help the Spaniards to find gold, they were painfully murdered and imprisoned. Enslavement of Africans was also a situation in which the people who were obedient got punishments.
The war started when the American Indians became bitter about the settler’s encroachment on their land. Many grievances were also left unresolved from shady fur trades. A group of Yamasee Indians attacked and killed 90 white traders and their families (April 15, 1715).1 In early 1715, a confederation was formed consisting of Yamasee Indians and several other tribes. This confederation struck white settlements all over South Carolina. Many hundreds of settlers were killed while their homes were burned and their livestock destroyed.
The KKK used brutal violence, black people were beaten, lynched, burned, shot or drowned. Employees of the Freedman’s Bureau and white northern teachers, who educated black people, were also threatened to be killed. The KKK was banned in 1872 but it continues illegally and was in fact popular. The problem was that many judges and policeman were often Klan members therefore made it difficult to stop the Klans