What strategies did slaves employ to resist, revolt, and sustain their own independent communities and cultures? how did slaves use white southerners’ own philosophies—paternalism and christianity, for example—to their advantage in these efforts?

The strategies which the slaves employed to resist, revolt, and sustain their own independent communities and cultures were:

The slaves used the white Southerners’ own philosophies—paternalism and christianity, for example—to their advantage in these efforts by:

According to the given question, we can see that the African slaves tried their best to preserve their culture and not let it get forgotten in the midst of another culture.

As a result of this, these African slaves were able to preserve their culture and traditions by establishing friendship and family ties and by mixing African songs to the Christian songs they were taught.

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