Daily Resistance
What was one risk of daily resistance?
Physical violence or punishment.
What was the first independent Black church in the U.S.?
Mother Bethel in Philadelphia (1796).
What year did the German Coast Uprising take place?
1811.
Who led the 1841 Creole mutiny?
Madison Washington.
What did daily resistance prove about slavery?
That it was not “beneficial” to both parties.
Name one way enslaved people resisted on a daily basis.
Slowing work, breaking tools, stealing food, or running away.
What denomination did Mother Bethel in Philadelphia later become in 1816?
African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church.
Who led the German Coast Uprising?
Charles Deslondes.
What was the Creole’s mission?
Transport enslaved people from Virginia to New Orleans.
What did the transatlantic slave trade bring that aided revolts?
Concentrations of former African soldiers with military experience.
Why were acts like slowing work still significant?
They showed humanity and fueled the abolition movement.
Name one role Black churches played in resistance.
Organizing, sharing information, hosting abolitionist speakers, community building.
What inspired the German Coast Uprising?
The Haitian Revolution.
Where did the Creole escape to, and why?
The Bahamas because slavery was abolished there by the British in 1833.
What letter did Thomas Jefferson write that referenced fear of insurrections?
His 1802 letter to Rufus King.
What negative stereotype emerged from daily resistance?
The false idea of Black people being “lazy” workers.
What was a major reason Black congregants left white churches?
Unequal treatment.
What was the earliest known slave revolt on U.S. soil?
1526 revolt by Africans brought by the Spanish along the South Carolina–Georgia coast.
How many people gained freedom from the Creole mutiny?
Nearly 130.
What did Jefferson suggest doing with enslaved people who revolted?
Transporting them to Africa (Sierra Leone).
What was the larger goal of daily resistance?
To gain concessions and sustain the movement toward abolition.
Name one abolitionist or rebel inspired by religion.
Nat Turner, Denmark Vesey, Maria W. Stewart, or Henry Highland Garnet.
What made the 1526 revolt historically significant?
Africans escaped and allied with Indigenous communities.
Why is the Creole uprising considered the most successful in U.S. history?
Because all participants achieved freedom and avoided U.S. punishment.
How did resistance strengthen the abolition movement?
It revealed the moral contradictions of slavery and inspired collective action.