What term describes the actions of the enslaved who escaped, rebelled, burned crops, and broke tools to resist?

What term describes the actions of the enslaved who escaped, rebelled, burned crops, and broke tools to resist?

• A. Rebellion
• B. Unionism
• C. Resistance
• D. Abolitionism

Answer: (C)

Acts of defiance by enslaved people—escaping, rebelling, burning crops, breaking tools—fall under the idea of resistance. Resistance is the broad term historians use for efforts to oppose slavery and seek freedom, whether through daily acts that hinder the system or through more organized uprisings. The other terms describe narrower or different things: rebellion usually refers to organized uprisings against slaveholders, abolitionism is the movement to end slavery, and unionism in this context would refer to loyalty to a political entity or to labor unions, not the acts of enslaved people themselves. Therefore, resistance best captures the full range of actions described.

Acts of defiance by enslaved people—escaping, rebelling, burning crops, breaking tools—fall under the idea of resistance. Resistance is the broad term historians use for efforts to oppose slavery and seek freedom, whether through daily acts that hinder the system or through more organized uprisings. The other terms describe narrower or different things: rebellion usually refers to organized uprisings against slaveholders, abolitionism is the movement to end slavery, and unionism in this context would refer to loyalty to a political entity or to labor unions, not the acts of enslaved people themselves. Therefore, resistance best captures the full range of actions described.