Slave Resistance in the Eighteenth Century

question 87

Multiple Choice

Slave resistance in the eighteenth century:

• A) was limited to running away, since mounting an armed rebellion would have been impossible and deadly.
• B) included rebellions in both northern and southern colonies that led to the deaths of several of those involved in planning the conspiracies.
• C) most famously included the War of Jenkins' Ear, fought over the habit that masters developed of slicing off the ears of rebellious slaves.
• D) prompted southern lawmakers to cut off slave imports from Africa and the Caribbean by mid-century.
• E) led to a strong but ultimately unsuccessful movement to abolish slavery in Georgia in the 1760s.

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