Notes on the Movies

SLAVE RESISTANCE

The slaves used to work in fields. They were kidnapped from young age and sold to the slave markets for farmers. In 1831, Nat Turner was a literate slave. He led 30 slaves on a murderouse compagne and rebelled against 60 white people and murdered them each in their farms. The slaves had no weapons but stole some each time they were in farms. At the end of this murder, Nat Turner was hung and died. Slaves were meant to be unliterate and write because then they would learn that they have rights to freedom and would lead to rebellion. Hariette Tubman, a women who believed slaves should have freedom helped 300 slaves escape. Many southern governers and senate were helping slaves and were against helding them.