Slavery/Slave Society Images or Quotes by Alexis DeNeice https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety Post the image or quote that represents slavery or slave society to you. Explain the significance of your choice based on what you learned today. en-us 2017-10-03 01:13:29 UTC 2025-11-27 22:58:34 UTC hello@padlet.com "Oppression makes a wise man mad" https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807215291 This quote shows that the people were angry about being oppressed. The "wise man" is the slaves, because they are good at outsmarting their owners through songs and quilts. However, they are still very angry about being oppressed and treated like objects.
Nick DeCianne]]> 2020-10-06 15:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807215291 Slavery Quote 22108101 https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807320480 "I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves." -Harriet Tubman 
This quote is significant as it shows the system of slavery as a whole and how so many people were stuck in the endless cycle of it. People were born into slavery, and they barely even realized that life could exist for them outside of slavery. The system of slavery was so dehumanizing, that it caused many people to not even realize that they could even have a life outside of slavery. In the end, the people who continued to form rebellions were the ones that made the difference, as many people started to realize how awful slavery actually was.]]> 2020-10-06 16:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807320480 "I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted." Fredrick Douglas https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807523003 This quote really stood out to me because I think it is applicable through all of time. Even today racial prejudices and just blatant racism allow certain people to do thing that others can't. This is so contradictory in a country that was founded off the basis of freedom that we should be one of the last major countries to be really dealing with these issues. This quote also pulled my attention because it really shows the harsh reality that in the past even if you weren't a slave you were still not a white man and that separated you from others. It made you stand out and not in a good way, work was hard to come by and you could be mistaken for a slave. The fact that this was a major part of our country for so long is disappointing and disheartening to see the way in which we handle these types of issues. It is not only the fact that we imprisoned other humans and justified it but that after years of fighting we should finally get rid of it only to keep it's racial biases a major part of our society. I wonder what Fredrick Douglas would say if he was alive today, would his views have remained the same? - Roman Davis]]> 2020-10-06 16:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807523003 Vanessa Antolakis- Quote that embodies slave culture 2067208 https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807558107 "I do not like this country at all, and had almost rather die than go south. Tell all the people that if they can do anything for me, now is the time to do it. I can be bought for $900." - James Phillips 1852

This quote comes from a letter that a slave wrote to his wife, whom he is rarely able to see. He explains that he would rather die than face brutal slavery in the south. He pleads to his family for help which shows his fear for what his future holds. The fact that he is worth $900 is significant because it shows how slaves were not viewed as people in any way, they were viewed as nothing more than objects with a price tag. 


]]> 2020-10-06 17:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807558107 Peyton Jenkins 20396341 https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807590538 "the negro slaves of the South are the happiest and, in some sense, the freest people in the world"
- George Fitzhugh 1857 

This quote from 1857 shows the national idea that slavery was beneficial to both the slave and it's owner. It shows how the American people justified their actions

]]> 2020-10-06 17:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807590538 Sienna Arguelles-Orr Slavery/Slave Society Quote "you reap the fruits of their success. The freedom gained is yours; and you, therefore, may properly celebrate this anniversary." https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807603714 The fourth of July is a celebration for white men not the slaves who were still oppressed. There is hypocrisy in the nation celebrating freedom when not everyone is free. It isn’t the birth of a free country but the birth of a free country for white men. This speech furthers the notion that slaves were second class citizens who were critical to the American independence and economy. They are celebrating their independence of country that was built by slave and will continue to be built by slaves.]]> 2020-10-06 17:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807603714 Slavery Culture Quote https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807664921 “But honey chile, all white folks warn 't good to dere slaves, cause I'se seen pore 🤬almos' tore up by dogs, and whipped unmercifully, when dey did'nt do lack de white folks say.”

This quote is from an interview with Charity Anderson who was describing the typical treatment of slaves in the south. Charity was a former slave who's white owner treated her very well, but in the interview she notes that her pleasurable treatment as a slave was very uncommon. Charity sates that most slaves in the south had to undergo cruel punishments and were subjected to harsh environments and received no mercy from their white slave owners. This shows how inhumane and cruel slavery really was.


]]> 2020-10-06 17:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807664921 Lucas Buchanan https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807705399 This picture to me represents the slave society since it shows how the Whites saw the slaves and at the same time it shows how the slaves fooled their masters by playing dumb and sabotaging their businesses.]]> 2020-10-06 17:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807705399 Quote: "Power concedes nothing without demand. It never did and it never will." -Fredrick Douglass https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807793464 This quote embodies a reason the slaves fought back against their oppression, they understood that it wouldn't just go away on their own. They had to fight against it and push back in order to achieve their goal. This hope and desire to push back would cause many to develop ways to push back. These would include the secret codes through the songs and quilts as well as the actual escape of slaves. These were there ways of pushing back against those who had power over them. 
-Eden K]]> 2020-10-06 17:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807793464 "People in the African Republic of Benin used symbols sewn onto banners to represent events in their history." https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807815784 The quote is significant because it shows that, African cultural ideals and traditions still persisted in slave society. And was prevalent and important in their culture despite some slaveholders attempts to suppress the practice of it, especially as the slaves were able to use parts of their culture to communicate with each other in creative ways in order to overcome this suppression. Making it a clear representation of one of African slave's cultural virtues, Indurance.

~ Matthew Gonder

]]> 2020-10-06 17:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807815784 Underground Railroad https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807963182 This is a very serious subject, but I found a meme that has some light hardheartedness. I chose this because the journey to escape slavery was very underground. The process and planning were very secretive.  To be kept secret from plantation owners, Harriet Tubman and Nat Turner basically had to go underground to accomplish what they did. -Nael]]> 2020-10-06 18:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/807963182 Slavery https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/808113291 This image is significant because it demonstrates how slaves were treated harshly with the master and his whip. It shows how slavery was cruel because the master is taking the child away from the mother, most likely he well sell it. also, chains can be seen on the slave in the back which shows how limited the freedoms were of slaves. -Lorenzo Giovanetti]]> 2020-10-06 19:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/808113291 Oscar Hackstaff https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/808309898 ¨My old friend, I love the Union. But I am ready to resist unto death, rather than to submit to the schemes, plans and policy of the Abolitionists and their friends and supporters throughout the non slave holding States.¨
~ Wilson Lumpkin (January 6, 1847)

This quote is important because it shows how Southerners did not want to give up slavery because they needed them for farming and to be able to make a profit. The Southerners would even put bounties up for slaves that would run away. Sometimes people would even steal other slaves because they were so valueable.]]> 2020-10-06 20:18:08 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/808309898 Slavery Quilts 20665451 https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/808431817 Quilts and songs were significant in slave societies because they were a way of secret messaging between slaves. An example of a quilt pattern is on the right, the Drunkard's Path Pattern. This pattern reminded slaves to travel in a zigzag motion during their escape to confuse trackers. Songs were sung by slaves as they passed by plantations to relay messages. Quilts and songs were an example of quiet protests and resistance.]]> 2020-10-06 21:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/808431817 "Slavery is the next thing to hell" -Harriet Tubman https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/810820865 I think this quote is significant because it's impossible for us truly know what slavery was like for African Americans. Since this quote came from an escaped slave, it helps show how they felt and were treated in a very short quote. This quote also helps to show why slaves revolted and put up resistance: it was because slavery was a truly terrible institution that literally tortured enslaved African Americans. (Wilson M) ]]> 2020-10-07 15:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/810820865 Liam Nobel Rudolph https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/810896085 “When a man has his wages stolen from him, year after year, and the laws sanction and enforce the theft, how can he be expected to have more regard to honesty than the man who robs him?”
― Harriet Ann Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

This is significant to me because it comments on how even when slaves were treated with cruelty and hardship they were more honest and better people than white people who had been pampered their whole life. ]]> 2020-10-07 16:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/810896085 "Must be the ones that Moses led, God's gonna trouble the water." https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811050949 This quote is significant because it parallels the slave's situation to the Jew's situation in Israel, showing that religion really was important to slaves, unifying them. This also shows that they have hope, believing that God will trouble the waters, allowing them to escape to freedom. 
(Rochelle Reese)]]> 2020-10-07 16:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811050949 “Some know the value of education by having it. I know its value by not having it." https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811090471 Slaves generally weren't educated. Everyday we, as students complain and take our education for granted. Slaves tried to teach themselves how to read and write when we complain about having ti write an essay for English class. Slaves didn't have the chances we have so they found their own ways, for example they used songs and quilts to communicate the way they may use letters. 
- Dakota ]]> 2020-10-07 17:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811090471 Image of whip scars 2070612 https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811096011 Although not all plantations were the same, this image represents slavery to me because it shows the cruelty of the realities of millions of slaves in bondage. Based on what I learned today, I can see why it was necessary to take all of the risks to revolt and escape due to the brutal conditions of their lives. ]]> 2020-10-07 17:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811096011 Savanna Scripter https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811121605 This image shows the intense labor forced upon slaves in cotton fields, regardless of strength, age, or gender. Women and children were forced to work in the same cruel conditions as the strong men were. Even children that look no older than 5 are doing difficult manual labor, despite their small stature.]]> 2020-10-07 17:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811121605 Audra Snyder https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811170588 This image of a runaway slave advertisement represents slave society to me because it shows the dependence on slave labor for the masters and the loss of profit for the masters if their labor runs away. Slave society for the masters revolves around the apparent "necessity" of the work the slaves are doing, especially if the masters own a cotton farm. Cotton is so profitable in the South that even the slightest loss of work (one slave) could result in a plummet of profit. This ad also demonstrates how the economy of the South was based off of the plantation class and their use of slave labor. It shows that the masters are willing to pay for the return of their slaves if it means they could continue to make profit off their labor. ]]> 2020-10-07 17:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811170588 Ella Schein https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811317925 "Many slaves did not have a chance to learn how to read and write. In some cases, they were not even allowed to talk to one another." This shows that the slaves were not treated as equals to other humans. They were not treated right. ]]> 2020-10-07 17:56:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811317925 I am not a man and a brother 20689421 https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811384988 this qoute is in form of a picture that reresents the struggle for abolitoin and the eventual emincipation of slavery. i feel like this quote shows the overal struggle and defeat that slaves faced.]]> 2020-10-07 18:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811384988 Catherine Nguyen https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811768093 "I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other." -Harriet Tubman

This quote is so significant because it shows that death is preferable than slavery. Harriet Tubman, throughout her life, risked her enslavement to be able to guide others on the Underground Railroad. Liberty was extremely hard to acquire as an African American but she strove for it as she knew she had a right to it. ]]> 2020-10-07 20:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811768093 Spencer Maud https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811820404 "Whenever I hear someone argue forslavery, I feel the strong impulse to see it tried upon them personally." - Abraham Lincoln

This quote holds importance to me as it contrasts quite sharply with that which those slaveholders in the South thought, said and fought for. Their repeated statements for the Rights of the States and the rights of man were so blind in their assesment of their own morals that they hold no real truth, and are a blatant lie to their fellows, and I find great sorrow for those men who throw great effort into their "rights of a man" and then mistreat and harm their fellow man as lesser, without rights. I can say the same for other groups who are too freuently oppressed, and the argument still holds true. No one ought to claim rights for themselves without claiming rights for all their fellow people.]]> 2020-10-07 20:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811820404 Slavery Quote 2042669 https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811890733 "Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. — The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth [of] July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn." -- Fredrick Douglas

This quote helps to explain anger behind the hypocrisy of slavery in what was considered by many white Americans to be a free, equal United States. Fredrick Douglas highlights the immense lack of rights and abuses felt by African Americans under slavery, showing just how stark the difference between white and black Americans' lives were during slavery and how strong the abolitionist movement was. ]]> 2020-10-07 21:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811890733 Maddie Van Haveren https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811892301 “What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? “I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim"

This quote shows that even though America was viewed as a free country and preached that it was a land of freedom, those in power were ignoring the suffering and oppression of enslaved African Americans. It's trying to express that the hardships and torture that slaves endured was written off as a "necessary evil" or somehow else rationalized. It's significant because it shows how deep hypocrisy ran in the south during the antebellum period. ]]> 2020-10-07 21:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/811892301 Alyssa Mariea https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/813125957 "Yassuh, he mighty rough wid us be he didn't do de whippin' hisse'f. He had a big black boy name 🤬, mean as de debil an' strong as a ox, and de oberseer let him do all de whuppin'. An', man, he could sho' lay on dat rawhide lash."

This quote from Set 2 is very significant because it really shows some of the evils of slavery. Due to the lack of rights it didn't matter the harm done to slaves, so slave owners could do as they pleased to the slaves and nothing would happen. In this quote particularity the slave owner forced another slave to whip his following slave peers at the owners command. This really shows the cruelty of some people and the system of the times. ]]> 2020-10-08 08:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/813125957 Miles McNeill https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/814491686
"But we wuk right on 'twell one day somebody seen a runner sayin' de Yankees comin'. Ole mistis tell me to hurry ober to Mrs. Freeman's an' tell 'em Wilson's Yankee raiders was on de way an' comin' lak a harrikin. I hop on a mule an' go jes' as fas' as I can make him trabel, but befo' I git back dey done retch de plantation, smashin' things comin' an' gwine.

This quote from set two is incredibly straitforwards, but that doesn't mean it was indicative of an important part of society at the time, as it direcly confirms that while alot of black people had been freed they still lived in poverty and so the wealthy, the same wealthy , who where the southern elite still held a large amount of power over them concerning employment and so sutiance as while they could no longer control them directly, they had complete control over their pay and cut off any other options since they where in poverty in the deep south meaning the wealthy controled every and the wealthy where racist bigots who still treated black people as slaves because they contoled almost every aspect of their lives, as back ed by the text in some cases they experince no or little change in life after theywherefreed

]]> 2020-10-08 16:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/814491686 Natalie Bullock https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/998734020 “I must get my soul back from you; I am killing my flesh without it.”
― Sylvia Plath 
This quote from an American poet clearly describes the situation that the Slaves were in, and why they were so desperate to get to the North to claim their freedom. They were being tortured and treated unequally, to the point where they didn't even feel human anymore. They were stripped of their identity as the slave codes were put into place, and as the white southerners felt the need to remind them of their constant inferiority. ]]> 2020-12-08 16:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/998734020 Allie Jacobs https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/998735779 "Oppression makes a wise man mad. Your fathers were wise men, and if they did not go mad, they became restive under this treatment. They felt themselves the victims of grievous wrongs, wholly incurable in their colonial capacity. With brave men there is always a remedy for oppression."

This quote from Fredrick Douglass is important because it proves the hypocrisy of white, American beliefs and how the oppression they felt before the Revolutionary War was the same as the oppression they were forcing on their slaves. Douglass creates a connected between white man and slave that had not been made yet, and it is in this justification for slave anger that Douglass is able to get across the message that the Emancipation Proclamation is to slaves as the Declaration of Independence was to angry colonists.]]> 2020-12-08 16:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/998735779 Abram Yehle https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/998753011 "The sunlight that brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me"

This quote emphasizes the vast difference in how poeple of color were being treated. Fredrick Douglas calls to the facts that his people cannot celebrate the 4th of July, because even if he is a free man the American system has brought much harm and torture to his people.]]> 2020-12-08 16:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/998753011 Sydney Kitzmiller 2073163 https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/998766110 “I have heard their groans and sighs, and seen their tears, and I would give every drop of blood in my veins to free them”
Harriet Tubman

This quote holds much significance because slaves before and after the civil war were treated very harshly and should deserve freedom for what they have been through. This quote signifies the pain that an African American slave would have to go through because they were "inferior" to white men and women.]]> 2020-12-08 16:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/998766110 Annika Waples https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/998902894 "I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us." -Fredrick Douglass (Fourth of July Speech). This really helps to show that the slaves were really seen as other and that they did not get to have the same independence and freedom that the US promised - that was reserved for the white man. ]]> 2020-12-08 16:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/998902894 August Robertson https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/998943507 "I do not like this country at all, and had almost rather die than go South...  I can be bought for $900.  Do pray, try and get Brant and Mr. Byers and Mr. Weaver to send or come on to buy me, and if they will only buy me back, I will be a faithful man to them so long as I live."

This quote is important because it comes from a letter from a slave who has been recently re-captured and  is writing to his wife to let her know of his predicament and what she should do to help. It's important because he gives the impression of having been free before and is now being dragged back into slavery, something he describes to be almost worse than death. James also describes how much he is worth in money, and it is mostly because it will make it easier for someone to buy him, but might also be influenced by how slaves were constantly told they only mattered for purposes of the economy and weren't as human as white farmers. James also pledges his loyalty to the master who buys him because his goal in this letter is to get a slave master closer to his family to buy him rather than to be separated from those he loves by being bought by a slave master near to where he is now.]]> 2020-12-08 16:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/998943507 Shaye Ridley https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999025351 "I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us" ("What to the Slave is The Fourth of July").

This quote is significant because it gives insight about the lasting impact slavery has on this country, and how slaves were treated at the time. Douglass explains that, although the fourth of July is seen as a day of freedom for a white person, it is seen as a day of slavery to the African-American community. Douglass' speech also gives insight about the lasting impact of slavery because oppression is still an issue today, as it was back then. Frederick Douglass influenced the abolitionist movement through many speeches, but his speeches are still relevant today, over 100 years later. 

]]> 2020-12-08 17:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999025351 Ross Tully https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999100000 I didnt know I was a slave until I found out I couldnt do things I wanted.

This quote shows just how strict the rules were for slaves and African Americans. There whole lives were just working on the plantation and nothing more.]]> 2020-12-08 17:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999100000 Katarina Garcia https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999570106 "That, I decided, was what it meant to be a slave: your past didn't matter, in the present you were invisible and you had no claim on the future." 
-Lawrence Hill

This quote is significant because it shows how slavery strips people of their identity. Their roots are cut and their culture is forced into oblivion. In that moment as slaves, they are erased as a person and given the identity as a simple labor machine. This is why it is so important to the African American community to find ways to sing their songs while they worked or maintain their native language as much as they could. Slaves tried desperately to hold onto what little identity they had left. This quote really portrays how awful slavery was and how carelessly the slaves were treated. They were practically erased as a human being the minute they became a slave and in the eyes of their employees, they were just a machine. ]]> 2020-12-08 18:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999570106 “Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.” 2173592 https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999575111 This quote represents Slavery within the American South because it reveals a portion of what allowed Slaves to be held under control for so long: the lack of knowledge and understanding of their state. Slave owners would try to keep Slaves dumb so that they wouldn't be able to get out. Smart and resourceful slaves were able to make it out by using their environment and creating plans which created the fear of slaves being intelligent as they posed a threat to the stability of a plantation. Knowledge allows a man to escape slavery.]]> 2020-12-08 18:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999575111 Ruby George https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999579377 ¨It is supposed that he has been persuaded to leave his master by some villain.¨ 

This quote comes from set 3 and shows a runaway slave add. The add in its self shows how African Americans were not seen as fully human in the South but rather propriety. They were below whites who had been given the name master. But it also shows the disagreements and rising tension between groups. Here the add portrays who ever convinced the enslaved person to run away is called a villain. Showing the Souths views on Anit - Slavery. They thought that they should keep slavery and people disagreeing were the bad guys. ]]> 2020-12-08 18:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999579377 Brian Kong https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999604618 Chorus: Wade in the Water, wade in the water children.
Wade in the Water. God's gonna trouble the water.
Who are those children all dressed in Red?
God's gonna trouble the water.
Must be the ones that Moses led.
God's gonna trouble the water.
Chorus.
Who are those children all dressed in White?
God's gonna trouble the water.
Must be the ones of the Israelites.
God's gonna trouble the water.
Chorus.
Who are those children all dressed in Blue?
God's gonna trouble the water.
Must be the ones that made it through.
God's gonna trouble the water.
Chorus.

I think this song by Harriet Tubman to warn the escaping slaves to go into the water in order to throw off their scent is very powerful. Harriet Tubman was a large figure as she would help out escaping slaves and the use of songs was an easy way to hide her true messages. What's most intriguing is the fact that the slaves utilized songs in order tell escapees how to escape. This shows ho desperate the slaves were to escape. ]]> 2020-12-08 18:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999604618 Ella Ritchey https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999613492 "They had to be clever, and find other ways to "talk" and tell their stories about everyday life."
Due to the revolts slaves weren't allowed to speak with each other. They spoke through symbols. They were very creative and felt that need to fight to get freedom.]]> 2020-12-08 19:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999613492 Cole Svuba https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999615098 “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
― Patrick Henry

I like this quote because it shows how some people thought slavery was morally wrong. It also shows us the hypocrisy of slavery in the south because they want liberty but not for slaves. ]]> 2020-12-08 19:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999615098 "Wade in the Water, wade in the water children.Wade in the Water. God's gonna trouble the water."-set 2 https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999615873 I think this quote embodies slave's resistance and resilience to the system that was rooted in keeping them in an "inferior" position. Their ability to communicate with one another without raising suspicion from white plantation owners reveals a copious amount of ingenuity and internal resistance. Slaves warnings to each other shows a great amount of courage and their universal bond with one another - Alex Reese  ]]> 2020-12-08 19:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999615873 Teaghan Morton https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999627067 I think the image of the quilt is so shocking because it shows how the slaves were forced to adapt. They weren't allowed to read, write, or even communicate with each other, so they had to find other methods of doing so. This came in the form of song and quilting, both of which were used to pass on messages between African Americans. They were held under such tight restrictions because they were considered so essential to the American economy at the time, that they had no freedom. The songs and quilts were ways for the slaves to communicate because they weren't allowed any other forms, because they were considered property to others. It just shocks me that at one point we had real human beings under these restrictions, which are clear violations of the freedoms apparently granted to everyone when they live in the US. The mistreatment is crazy, but allows for us to see the different ways people rebelled, even when they weren't allowed to .]]> 2020-12-08 19:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999627067 Zoe Zartman https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999636507 Making quilts and displaying them to other slaves while they ran away was a very secretive and helpful way for the slaves to remain safe and receive messages for safety. The Monkey Wrench pattern shown below means a signal to gather all the tools required for the fleeing slave's journey, meaning the physical tools, was also meant to signify to gather all your things you need in order to move up north safely and efficiently.]]> 2020-12-08 19:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999636507 Olivia Langie https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999640617 "Many slaves did not have a chance to learn how to read and write. In some cases, they were not even allowed to talk to one another. They had to be clever, and find other ways to "talk" and tell their stories about everyday life." 
This quote shows the restrictions placed on slaves and how they found other ways to rebel against the plantation owners.]]> 2020-12-08 19:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999640617 Allen Huynh https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999672847 This picture shows the underground railroad which is a network of safe houses and routes to help slaves get into free states. This is significant because it helped many slaves believed to be 10,000 get into free states and many people participated to help.]]> 2020-12-08 19:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999672847 Ellie Gilcrease https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999690703 The Secret Language of Quilts. 
When slaves really had no rights to communicate with their fellow peers they decided to put symbols on quilts to signal others with a language that didn't need to be spoken. These symbols consisted of many patterns meaning different things. 

"The Bowtie looks like an “X” on its side. This X-shaped symbol was very common in African culture. Some feel this quilt symbol was a signal to the escaping slaves to dress up. Free blacks and others would meet escaping slaves and give them fresh, new clothing, so that they could blend in with the other black people living in the area."]]> 2020-12-08 19:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999690703 Julia Edone https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999721542 "Society has an embarrassing history of denial"
-Carolyn Spring
This quote is significant because during the mid-1800's, before the Civil War, many Americans, especially in the south, justified slavery as beneficial for both the slave and the owner. This was not true, because many slaves suffered unimaginable things brought to them by their masters. Slave owners did benefit greatly from owning and using slaves, but they continued to deny the fact that this concept of slavery was wrong and unfair. ]]> 2020-12-08 19:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999721542 Dreu Charles https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999722370 This picture highlights the extreme brutality in which most slaves endured. A women is seen clothing her child. She looks dirty and distressed with little clothing and shackles, all resources used to demoralize slaves. Her child could be possibly ill or malnourished which is very common among slaves. The look of complete fatigue and surrender further communicates the horrors of the slave industry. ]]> 2020-12-08 19:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999722370 Lillian Skidmore https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999854096 This image depicts the life of the slave south and the restrictions placed on them by the state legislatures prohibiting them to learn how to read and write or recieve any type of education. Through quilting and banners, slaves are able to communicate with one another without actually talk to one another and the importance of communication. Through different patterns and symbols on quilts and banners, they tell slaves different things, and display different types of messages that their slave owners are unaware. Creating this secret language between the slaves in the south against their white masters. Different quilt images give hope and awareness to a better life ahead, while others are warnings or signals to act.]]> 2020-12-08 19:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/999854096 Athena Pierson https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000003344 "Marse John hab a big plantation an' lots of slaves. Dey treated us purty good, but we hab to wuk hard. Time I was ten years ole I was makin' a reg'lar han' 'hin de plow. Oh, yassuh, Marse John good 'nough to us an' we get plenty to eat, but he had a oberseer name Green Bush what sho' whup us iffen we don't do to suit him." - Walter Calloway 

This quote shows that slaves were treated so badly during this area that just having food and shelter over their heads was enough for them to call their situation "pretty good", even though they were still being treated horribly and being beaten. African Americans were treated quite horribly by the plantation owners in general and yet somehow some saw the way they were treated as better than others. This goes to show how the situation of slaves was and that a lot of them were doing what they could to survive to finally be freed eventually.]]> 2020-12-08 20:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000003344 Sammy Sawinski https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000027900 This picture represents how poorly these people were treated during this time. The lack of expression on these people's faces and the clothes their wearing also shows how poorly they were treated. They look exhausted and overworked. Slaves were treated very poorly during this time and were not given half as much as other people. They had very little freedom and worked so hard for so little. ]]> 2020-12-08 20:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000027900 Madden Lee https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000186588 This image shows that slaves got to sing, but even while they sung they had to continue working. So even if this was a way to escape reality for a little while, they always had to come back to an unforgiving reality.]]> 2020-12-08 21:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000186588 Nathan Thomas https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000226109 these patterns were used to communicate information to people on the underground railroad. since slaves couldn't read and it would give away that people were helping escapees, quilts were used. they showed different codes to show if you needed to shake somebody or if you needed to leave or prepare for a fight.]]> 2020-12-08 21:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000226109 Isabella Gee https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000238622  This image shows how not all people were freed on the Fourth of July, so it connects to the 5th set. 

]]> 2020-12-08 21:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000238622 Noah Harris https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000247631 This image represents and shows just how horrible the slaves were treated. If they did not do every order and listen to their master when they were directed to, they would be whipped. Some of these whippings were done by one of the stronger slaves on the plantation to demoralize them. Often these whippings could actually kill the slave instead of just punish them, depending on how many hits and how hard they were hit.]]> 2020-12-08 22:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000247631 Lucas LaBruzzo https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000296949 "There are seventy-two crimes in the State of Virginia which, if committed by a black man (no matter how ignorant he be), subject him to the punishment of death; while only two of the same crimes will subject a white man to the like punishment. What is this but the acknowledgment that the slave is a moral, intellectual, and responsible being? The manhood of the slave is conceded." - Frederick Douglass.

This quote is so significant to the practice of slavery because it demonstrates that enslaved African Americans have been acknowledged as human beings by society and there is no moral argument for their enslavement. Furthermore, even though it can be clearly demonstrated that even society knew African Americans were humans, they were not afforded their rights as people, and were continually oppressed by any available means. This highlights the inherent cruel nature of slavery and the immorality of slave owners. Even if slave owners were not exceptionally violent or attempted to pivot to say life under slavery was better than some random alternative, they were still immoral and uncaring toward others; mainly for their own economic interests.]]> 2020-12-08 22:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000296949 Parker sears https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000321743 This image is especially moving because it shows all these white people just standing there in support of the lynching of a black man. Even children are present... some with smiles.]]> 2020-12-08 22:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000321743 Lucas Jensen https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000360478 "Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." - Harriet Tubman.

This quote shows that slaves longed for freedom. They were maltreated and wanted freedom. Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave, says in this quote that if you want it enough, you can free yourself. Slaves were treated as property in this time, and there were high rewards for people who returned runaway slaves and punishments for the runaway slaves themselves. Despite this, the slaves had an inner will to escape their masters.

]]> 2020-12-08 23:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000360478 Morhea Hoefen https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000778899 These patters communicated information to other slaves within the colonies about escape and other important messages. It was so significant because many did not have an education yet they where able to look at the image and knew exactly what to do whether it be the monkey wrench quilt which meant pack your things it time to leave or something else. It was just one of the many things that slaves did to outsmart there masters. ]]> 2020-12-09 02:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1000778899 Erin Kurtin https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1001107196 This image depicts a slave action where families are split apart. Having your family ripped away form you was one of the many hardships slaves endured. 

]]> 2020-12-09 06:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1001107196 David Downs https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1001121825 This racist image represents slavery as depicts the "🤬" stereotype that slaves were unintelligent, slow, and sub-human spread by plantation owners. It also is a symbol of how slaves would pretend to be stupid to do less labor and get less work done for the plantation owner, even sabotaging the progress as a form of rebellion.]]> 2020-12-09 06:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1001121825 Mateo Piza https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1001342215 This image represents how african americans used  the fact that whites looked down on them mentally. They were very smart and new how to use that to there advantage.
https://pathways.thinkport.org/images/quilts.gif]]> 2020-12-09 08:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1001342215 Newton Taylor https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1002614963 This image shows how shows how little rights slaves had and how they were basically treated like animals. Family's often were split apart and sent to different plantations, they never had a choice where they went.]]> 2020-12-09 15:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1002614963 Kiana Good https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1881892826 2021-11-10 16:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1881892826 https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1881900227 This image represents how White Americans viewed slaves and believed they were inferior to their White masters. ]]> 2021-11-10 16:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1881900227 Miriam Koller, Hailey Holman, Audrey Utz, Sophia Stockham https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1881902890 This image represents the technique of resistance by slaves called 🤬. They purposely played dumb or worked slow in order to hinder the production of goods and their owners. This is important because slaves were finding new, creative ways to revolt against their owners. They wanted freedom and fought for it in many ways, with 🤬 being just one of the ways.]]> 2021-11-10 17:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1881902890 https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1881903643 The slave songs demonstrate how slaves kept their culture in the american society, this was a way to resist their unfair treatment as well as sustain their culture]]> 2021-11-10 17:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1881903643 https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1881904853 This image depicts common patterns used by slaves to communicate information with one another as well as communicate through the underground railroad.This shows the intelligence and adaptations needed for slaves in order to communicate with one another.

]]> 2021-11-10 17:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1881904853 Alissa DeHerrera https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1881906990 "Harriet Tubman used the song 'wade in the water' to tell escaping slaves to get off the trail and into the water..."
This quote shows how songs were used for escaping slaves to know what was safe and when, but in a way that others wouldn't know the meaning.]]> 2021-11-10 17:02:24 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1881906990 Connie, Bryn, Eddie--Block 1 https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882203270 One way that slaves rebelled was to create quilts in order to send messages. Banners & quilts are deeply embedded in African culture, and because slaves weren't allowed to read or write, they began using quilts to secretly communicate. This is significant because it shows that, unlike what slave owners believed, slaves were extremely clever and resilient. Additionally, it shows how slaves retained their African culture--another important form of resistance. Here, slaves used their African culture to their advantage.
However, we are not entirely sure if slaves used quilts in the first place because there is no concrete evidence to prove this. Some argue that this lack of evidence proves that quilts weren't used for communication after all, while other argue that this lack of evidence is to be expected, as writing anything related to the quilts would risk exposure.]]> 2021-11-10 19:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882203270 Vivek Khan, Cameron Baxter https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882230339 This image is significant because it highlights how slaves were treated and oppressed. Slaves did not have access to literacy and knowing how to read and write. Often time, slaves were not even allowed to communicate verbally with each other. As such, they had to communicate via the means of quilts and songs. Quilts had stitched patterns on them which expressed what they were feeling. ]]> 2021-11-10 19:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882230339 Fiona and Daisy https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882298889
“Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.”
― Frederick Douglass

Even coming from someone who was enslaved, knowledge is power. People with knowledge are too valuable to be enslaved.]]> 2021-11-10 19:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882298889 Margaux Dempsey https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882327197 "Many slaves did not have a chance to learn how to read and write. In some cases, they were not even allowed to talk to one another. They had to be clever, and find other ways to "talk" and tell their stories about everyday life. "

This quote is important because it shows the circumstances slaves were brought into, and how they adapted to escape oppression from slavery. Also, it is interesting how they utilized their own culture to bring their people together again to support each other and escape.]]> 2021-11-10 19:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882327197 Alex Hill https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882347752 This is a picture of one type of pattern and it lets them know to move in a zigzag pattern to confuse the people fallowing and avoid being caught. ]]> 2021-11-10 20:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882347752 Lily Huynh https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882353805 “ Many slaves did not have a chance to learn how to read and write.” 
Slaves weren't allowed to do many basic things such as read and write, which was to help slaves not being able to escape or advance. So they wouldn’t be able to revolt or rebel against slavery.  Also not allowing them to even talk or communicate w/ each other shows the rising fear or revolts in plantations. ]]> 2021-11-10 20:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882353805 Sydney Bihm https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882354046 This image shows that Although most slaves were not educated with the ability to read or write, they were still able to develop a successful system of communication in attempts to be freed.]]> 2021-11-10 20:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882354046 Slave Songs https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882354119 The songs that slaves would sing on plantations had more meaning than songs to feel good. They would be used as instructions for when and where to go to escape their owners. ]]> 2021-11-10 20:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882354119 Niels Matt Bodie https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882355449 The way they describe the runaway slaves they say it like they are objects rather then actual people and how losing them is losing money rather then a person]]> 2021-11-10 20:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882355449 Sophia Ho https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882355994 “The American people have this to learn: that where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither person nor property is safe.” - Frederick Douglass

This quote is significant because it shows the impact denial of justice for slaves has on the entire nation. No one is safe in a nation where slaves are denied justice.]]> 2021-11-10 20:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882355994 "But honey chile, all white folks warn 't good to dere slaves, cause I'se seen pore almos' tore up by dogs, and whipped unmercifully, when dey did'nt do lack de white folks say ." https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882359282 The quote shows how the slaveowners lie to themselves and others with the idea that Slaves are better off in their households than as free people, when in reality they are treated extremely poorly, whipped, and punished when they try to resist the already bad conditions they have to endure. ]]> 2021-11-10 20:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882359282 Adan Marquez and Thalia Garman https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882537669 The south were very prominent on their need for slavery especially with the growing export of Cotton. To do this they needed slaves and also the ability to treat them bad so therefore depicting them in such a harmful manner in possible response to the Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion which is really important because it lead a new wave of oppressive legislation prohibiting the education, movement, and assembly of enslaved people. The image depicts the inhumanity and what occurred which was killing of the whites in 1 and 2 but in 3, the tables turning with the white man vs the slave. ]]> 2021-11-10 22:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1882537669 Kyleah Hale https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1883355897 "Your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade, and solemnity, are, to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages."

This quote describes the nation's outlook on slavery and their attempted justification of its practice. But, more importantly, it shows this from the perspective of a former slave and that black people were very aware and angry with America's double standards.]]> 2021-11-11 05:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1883355897 Meron and Maya Glazer https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1884685112 “I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.” 
-Federick Douglass

It shows the desperation for slaves to be free and that they needed to take action themselves because no one else would listen to their wants for freedom.]]> 2021-11-11 16:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1884685112 Iziah Rickard https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1884687750 This is a pattern to help slaves escape and tell them which way to go to not get caught by slave catchers. It's called a bear paw trail path and tells other slaves to take a trail that a bear would take to avoid being caught.]]> 2021-11-11 16:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/aedeneic/slavesociety/wish/1884687750