What term describes the organized resistance to slavery that included both passive acts and active uprisings?

What term describes the organized resistance to slavery that included both passive acts and active uprisings?

• A. Abolition movement
• B. Resistance to Slavery
• C. Underground Railroad
• D. Nat Turner's Rebellion

Answer: (B)

Resistance to slavery describes the organized pushback by enslaved people against the system, encompassing both everyday, passive defiance and more overt, active uprisings. This umbrella idea captures how people resisted in many ways over time—doing work slowly, feigning illness, breaking tools, hiding others, forming support networks, and, in some cases, rising up in revolt. The other terms refer to specific aspects or movements: an abolition movement aims to end slavery as a legal and moral institution, rather than focusing on the enslaved people’s acts of resistance; the Underground Railroad is a particular escape network; and Nat Turner’s Rebellion is one specific uprising. Together, Resistance to slavery best covers the broad range of organized opposition, from quiet acts to large-scale revolts.

Resistance to slavery describes the organized pushback by enslaved people against the system, encompassing both everyday, passive defiance and more overt, active uprisings. This umbrella idea captures how people resisted in many ways over time—doing work slowly, feigning illness, breaking tools, hiding others, forming support networks, and, in some cases, rising up in revolt. The other terms refer to specific aspects or movements: an abolition movement aims to end slavery as a legal and moral institution, rather than focusing on the enslaved people’s acts of resistance; the Underground Railroad is a particular escape network; and Nat Turner’s Rebellion is one specific uprising. Together, Resistance to slavery best covers the broad range of organized opposition, from quiet acts to large-scale revolts.