USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Many resisted slavery in a variety of ways, differing in intensity and methodology. Among the less obvious methods of resistance were actions such as feigning illness, working slowly, producing shoddy work, and misplacing or damaging tools and equipment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Passive resistance is not physically resisting the owner but by defying them in some non-violent, non-confrontational way. Active resistance is when a slave physically defies his owner, or which creates risk of bodily harm to another person. Escape – This would cost the slave owners money and time.

Detailed explanation-3: -"Day-to-day resistance” was the most common form of opposition to slavery. Breaking tools, feigning illness, staging slowdowns, and committing acts of arson and sabotage–all were forms of resistance and expression of slaves’ alienation from their masters.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most common form of overt resistance was flight. As early as 1640, slaves in Maryland and Virginia absconded from their enslavement, a trend that would grow into the thousands, and, eventually, tens of thousands by the time of the Civil War.