Resistance

Resistance

An event in which an enslaved person takes action to resist their status, treatment, or condition, or that of a compatriot

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• URI: https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/526

Resistance: Appeal

A written or oral request for change in treatment or circumstances

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• URI: https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/527

Resistance: Defense

An event in which one person comes to the defense of self or another person

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• URI: https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/528

Resistance: Freedom seeking

An event in which an enslaved person leaves the controlling jurisdiction of their owner permanently or for a time

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• URI: https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/529

Resistance: Property appropriation

An event in which someone appropriates property or provisions that are not technically under their control

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• URI: https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/595

Resistance: Property destruction

An event in which someone purposefully damages someone else’s property

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• URI: https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/530

Resistance: Work slowdown or stoppage

An event in which an enslaved person performs work slowly or not at all

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• URI: https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/531