Resistance by slaves, fugitives, and free blacks
- Christiana Riot
o Scuffle between heavily armed free blacks protecting fugitives from Maryland master in Pennsylvania
- Underground Railroad
o Harriet Tubman (Black Moses) was a Maryland fugitive slave who made 2 dozen trips into the south to rescue slaves
o Book condemning slavery
o Sold 300,000 copies in 1 year
- Blake by black abolitionist Martin Delany
o Story of African American who chooses to rebel violently rather than submit like Uncle Tom
o Blake murders a white slave owner to make escape
o This story terrified white slave owners
- White southerners responded by writing their own accounts of slavery and southern life
o Happy, carefree, gently cared for, and taught Christianity