SlaveRebellion

media type="custom" key="3069496" media type="youtube" key="sb4QjdJDz6k" height="344" width="425" [|Timeline of Slavery]Slaves rebelled in various forms against white people in the south. From violent actions to simply slowing down work they tried to angry overseers and slave owners as much as possible.In some songs that slaves sang, it would not always be about music. Sometimes, it would be about escaping and running away from the plantation. An example is "Follow the Drinking Gourd". A famous rebellion was by Nat Turner. He was fed up with the white men always bossing him around so he formed a group of about 55 men. They killed approximatley 60 men, women, and even children until they were stopped and eventually hung. Most white plantation owners would fear rebellion and they had a good reason. They were outnumbered and would not have a chance against all of the slaves. A small slave rebellion would have a higher probability of surviving than a large one because they would be more mobile and could easily runaway after they killed their white owners. If it was a large group, they would be easier to find because more people are hard to hide.

Newspaper article of Nat Turner's capture after his rebellion