Why Was Most Slave Resistance Before the Late-Eighteenth Century Generally

question 71

Multiple Choice

Why was most slave resistance before the late-eighteenth century generally not part of a coordinated attempt by blacks to destroy the entire institution?

• A) Ideas of natural human rights and equality of all would not spread until the American Revolution.
• B) Most slaves could not read or write and therefore could not communicate with each other.
• C) Slaves were so psychologically damaged during slavery that they simply failed to resist their masters in any way.
• D) Slaves really didn't understand the nature of slavery and therefore could not attempt to break it down in any organized way.

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