Read the sources and answer the question Slave resistance began in British North America almost as soon as the first slaves arrived in the Chesapeake in the
early seventeenth century. As one scholar has put it,"slaves 'naturally resisted their enslavement because slavery
was fundamentally unnatural." Forms varied, but the common denominator in all acts of resistance was an attempt
to claim some measure of freedom against an institution that defined people fundamentally as property. Perhaps
the most common forms of resistance were those that took place in the work environment. After all, slavery was
ultimately about coerced labor, and the enslaved struggled daily to define the terms of their work. Over the years,
customary rights emerged in most fields of production. These customs dictated work routines, distribution of
rations, general rules of comportment, and so on. If slave masters increased workloads, provided meager rations,
or punished too severely, slaves registered their displeasure by slowing work, feigning illness, breaking tools, or
sabotaging production. These everyday forms of resistance vexed slave masters, but there was little they could do
to stop them without risking more widespread breaks in production. In this way, the enslaved often negotiated the
basic terms of their daily routines,
20. This source demonstrate that...
M. Armed rebellions were the only examples of resistance to slavery.
P. Slaves rarely organized resistance against slave masters,
R. Passive resistance to slavery was always dealt with harshly by slave masters,
S. Resistance to enslavement was an everyday part of life.