Resistance+to+Slavery

Probably the single largest known method of resisting to slavery, the Underground Railroad was an enormous network of paths, trails, and safe houses used to sneak and smuggle slaves away from the south to freedom in the north. The slaves used railroad terms to confuse the plantation owners who went out looking for their lost slaves. Plantation owners would usually set out to retrieve the fugitive slaves. They would pay people as bounty hunters to hunt the slaves down, use dogs to follow the trails of the runaways, and hang posters and give rewards for anyone who could return the slave to the owner. Still, even with the odds against them, thousands of slaves were freed by running north to the slavery-free colonies there, or even further north to British ruled Canada. When the thirteen colonies were still ruled by the British, some slaves had escaped the horrors of slavery by running south. South? But freedom is in the North right? Well, when the Florida territory was owned by Spain, some slaves ran south to this territory to freedom. Spain did not believe in slavery, so for a former slave this was the promised land. The only problem about running south was the same for running north. People would be constantly looking for runaway slaves. But most slave hunters would be looking to the north for slaves, not south. This would give runaways a better chance to get away. Running away was not always an option, so when slaves could not escape, they would wreck havoc on the plantation to make life miserable for the slave owners. They would purposely break equipment, leave fences open to let cows and other animals run away. Sometimes they would let boats float away down river, or they would pretend to be sick so they didnt have to work. Everything would make the plantation owners pay money or fix things themselves. In some cases to really make life hard for the owners, slaves would commit suicide. Then not only would the plantation owner lose a good worker, he had to pay money for a new one.
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 * Daily resistance to slavery:**

Some slaves were not happy with just making it difficult for their captors. They wanted to be free, and did not just want to run away and leave their friends and family behind. So some slaves fought against their owners to take over the plantation and be free. In early slavery times, these were small uprisings that were unorganized and were quickly defeated. As time went on though, slaves were able to organize a unified fight. This meant that a few slaves would take charge and lead the other slaves into a fight. Only a few slave rebellions were successful at taking over the plantation. Many times the owners were killed by the slaves they owned. That does not mean the slaves won however. The town's militia(a milita is a small army made up of townspeople who are not trained to be soldiers) would come and take control of the plantation. Slave rebellions were not very successful.
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