Forms of resistance
Using knowledge of plants to cause harm or discomfort to planters.
What is poisoning?
This passive method of resistance involved enslaved mothers teaching their daughters African traditions such as hair braiding, cooking, and native languages.
What is cultural transmission?
This occurred when slaves ran away permanently or were killed during revolts.
What is loss of labour?
Disagreements between African-born slaves and Creole slaves.
What is the lack of unity among slaves?
Running away from the plantation, either temporarily or permanently.
What is marronage?
Who is Nanny Moore?
Sugar production slowed or completely stopped due to resistance.
What is sugar disruption?
This made revolts and poisoning difficult to carry out effectively.
What is a shortage of weapons?
The burning of cane fields and estate buildings to damage plantation property.
What is arson?
To avoid field work, some enslaved women deliberately prolonged this biological process, keeping them exempt from heavy labor.
What is menstruation?
Slaves themselves were costly property that planters had to replace.
What is loss of assets?
Individuals who revealed resistance plans to plantation owners.
What are informers?
Armed attacks that could be spontaneous or carefully planned.
What is insurrectionary (active) resistance?
Female slaves resisted by planting small gardens on provision grounds, selling food, and saving money toward this ultimate goal.
What is manumission/ freedom?
Damage caused by arson to cane fields, machinery, and estate buildings.
What is the destruction of plantation property?
This limited the effectiveness of running away in places like Barbados.
What are small and flat territories?
Slaves pretending not to understand instructions or deliberately working slowly.
What is go-slow or malingering?
La Mulatresse Solitude
Breffu
Carlota Lucumi
Nanny Grigg
In what country did these women lead slave revolts?
What is Guadeloupe, St. John, Cuba and Barbados?
The financial strain caused when plantations had to replace damaged property while already in debt.
What is plantation debt?
Harsh consequences that discouraged slaves from resisting.
What is fear of punishment?