Uprisings during Slavery in North America?

[Knowledge 6 6 6]

I know there were uprisings in certain parts of North America, but does anyone have any names of leaders and such? Just curious...

[Pete]

I remember a few mentions of uprisings in the Southern United States, which was harshly put down. And the nation of Haiti, I am almost definite, came from a slave uprising against the French during the Revolutionary period.

[Hampton]

You should pick up a book called American Negro Slave Revolts by Herbert Aptheker. He lists thousands of slave revolts from the big ones to the little ones. A few were Nat Turner, Denmark Vesey, Gabriel Prosser, Amistad, The Maroons. Also another good book is Black Rebellion: Five Slave Revolts (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0306808676/103-2164700-2383023?v=glance)

Slave Rebellions (http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/DIASPORA/REBEL.HTM)
The Gabriel Prosser Slave Revolt (http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/spl/gabrielrevolt.html)
Maroons: Rebel Slaves in the Americas (http://www.si.edu/maroon/educational_guide/23.htm)
Major revolts and escapes (http://www.afro.com/history/slavery/revolts.html)

Lemmie know if you need any more info.

[timbaly]

Nat Turner and John Brown are the two most famous names associated with attempted slave rebellions in the United states. both of them failed and both of them were executed. Both also claimed to be influenced by god.

[Ortega]

Originally posted by [email protected] 2 2004, 09:29 PM
And the nation of Haiti, I am almost definite, came from a slave uprising against the French during the Revolutionary period.
Around 1790-1800 I believe, and led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, one of the few well-educated slaves on the island. It was an amazing triumph for the slaves to defeat their masters.

[timbaly]

Originally posted by Ortega+Jan 4 2004, 02:10 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Ortega @ Jan 4 2004, 02:10 PM)
[email protected] 2 2004, 09:29 PM
And the nation of Haiti, I am almost definite, came from a slave uprising against the French during the Revolutionary period.
Around 1790-1800 I believe, and led by Toussaint L&#39;Ouverture, one of the few well-educated slaves on the island. It was an amazing triumph for the slaves to defeat their masters. [/b]
That slave rebellion is the only one that was actually sucessful as far as I know.

[Hampton]

The Amistad could be considered a success, as Sengbe Pieh and his fellow slaves who took over the ship eventually went back to Africa.

[Knowledge 6 6 6]

Is the movie "Amistad" any clear depiction of the real Amistad slave revolt? Or is it &#39;hollywood&#39; doing its magic?

[Hampton]

ohn Quincy Adams is portrayed as making an emotional antislavery argument for the Amistad men in the US Supreme Court. When the movie came out, a historian had a web site with the real documents, courtroom arguments etc. from the actual case. Surprisingly, they are all available. In real life, John Quincy Adams argued the case solely on the basis of contract law, maritime law and salvage law and treaty law. His argument to the US Supreme Court was dry and technical and did not involve any emotional pleas for abolition. Further, he never did meet Cinque or other mutineers from Amistad. The movie scene of the Adams-Cinque meeting is pure Hollywood.

Link (http://glyphs.gardenweb.com/forums/load/circle/msg122003453205.html)

The Amistad case: &#39;Outright Plagiarism&#39; or &#39;Who Owns History?&#39; (http://www.law.cornell.edu/background/amistad/)

Soo, to keep it short, there are some truths and some non thruths, but, the movie made the inncident pretty popular which was a good thing, I&#39;d say see it if you can.

[Rastafari]

Originally posted by [email protected] 4 2004, 07:49 PM
The Amistad could be considered a success, as Sengbe Pieh and his fellow slaves who took over the ship eventually went back to Africa.
after giving a number of lectures and guest appearances across the United States. His courage and common sense were both attributed as "whiter qualities" that he must have had in his blood back from somewhere.


as for slave rebellions, there were actually startlingly few considering what we hear today and the conditions they were expected to live in. Most slaves who wanted to get back at their masters would just do minor things, like sabotaging equipment. The fear of punishment to themselves and their families (as, in Roman times, the punishments for all slaves in a plantation that attempted revolution was usually death, no questions asked-even for those who may have had no part in it), held a firm grip over the populations.

[Knowledge 6 6 6]

Yeah, i&#39;ve seen &#39;Amistad&#39; before. I thought it was a really good movie, but wasnt clear on the historical accuracy. I&#39;ve read somewhere that certain european colonialists cut off the hands of the africans from Congo. I&#39;m not sure why either...

Also, weren&#39;t there certain Europeans captured by some Africans in Northern Africa and used as slaves? This was just something i was taught in history class, just wondering if its true...

[Hampton]

There&#39;s something called the Barbary Captivity Narratives which tells stories of Englishmen abducted by the Barbary pirates of North Africa. I&#39;m not to sure if it&#39;s true, although I&#39;m sure that it did happen just like how some whites were held in slavery in the American South.

There&#39;s a couple of books if people want to read further into it:

White Slaves, African Masters: An Anthology of American Barbary Captivity Narratives by Paul Michel Baepler (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0226034038/qid=1073412459/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-2164700-2383023?v=glance&s=books)

They Were White and They Were Slaves: The Untold History of the Enslavement of Whites in Early America by Michael A. II Hoffman (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0929903056/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/103-2164700-2383023?v=glance&s=books&st=*)

Piracy, Slavery, and Redemption by Daniel J. Vitkus (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0231119054/qid=1073413101/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-2164700-2383023?v=glance&s=books)

[timbaly]

Originally posted by [email protected] 4 2004, 06:49 PM
The Amistad could be considered a success, as Sengbe Pieh and his fellow slaves who took over the ship eventually went back to Africa.
I never of thought of that, I don&#39;t how that could have slipped my mind. I actually have heard some people say although the revolt was sucessful they were recaptured and ended up free not because they fought for it, but because the US federal government allowed them to go.