me institution was oppressing them. Aside from all other things the black woman had to do, she had to also be a teacher to her children. Slaves were not given an education, other than the negative education that justified slavery. This made it harder for slaves to progress and free themselves from bondage. However, the slaves did find a way to resist slavery. It was harder for slaves to revolt in America rather than in the Caribbean. The population of slaves were four times larger than that of the slave masters, so it was easier to have a successful revolt in the Caribbean. In the United States there were to many whites. Slaves revolted by getting armed and then destroying plantations as they traveled from town to town. Another way slaves resisted was by running away mainly to the north, either to free states or to Canada. And we all know Harriet Tubman was born into slavery and she made her way to freedom as a young woman. She became the famous conductor of the Underground Railroad directed toward Canada and those free states. The tracks for the railroad weren't exactly laid. A slave had many possible directions to run in, but the main idea here was safety over quickness. The slaves often zigzagged in their paths to throw off the sent for the dogs. Men were dressed as women, women were dressed as men, and slave's clothes were exchanged for those of a rich free person of color's to confuse the true identity of the slave when seen by curious eyes. There were also some slaves that traveled the road, by foot, in a carriage, or in a wagon often containing a fake bottom making a tiny space where slaves could safely journey to freedom. Some traveled on "surface lines the actual railroads of this time. Lightly colored slaves were dressed as whites, and others were put in with the luggage and freight and others traveled as baggage. Another form of resistance was not to work as hard. Sometimes slaves even burned the fields they had to work on...
