Resistance and Rebellion Lecture Notes

Vocabulary flashcards covering the types of resistance, methods of control, major slave rebellions, and Maroon communities based on lecture notes.

Resistance

The refusal to accept or comply with something, or the ability not to be affected by something (especially adversely).

Insurrectionary Resistance

Violent actions against enslavement carried out by groups.

Non-insurrectionary Resistance

Non-violent or individual actions against enslavement.

Ideological Control

Control based on or relating to a system of ideas, such as portraying the African as less than human or as a mentally and emotionally undeveloped human being.

Psychological Control

Control affecting or arising in the mind, related to the mental and emotional state of a person, often reinforced through ragged clothes or religious justification.

Socio-cultural control

The prevention of enslaved people from mixing with other groups, gathering in groups, or practicing African cultural forms.

Sunday Markets

Gatherings where enslaved people traded produce, used as a medium of communication to spread messages of revolts.

Berbice Rebellion

An insurrection in Suriname in $1763$ led by Kofi (Cuffy).

Easter Rebellion

An insurrection in Barbados in $1816$ led by Bussa.

Demerara Rebellion

An insurrection in Guyana in $1823$ involving Quamina, John Wray, and Rev. John Smith.

Christmas Rebellion

An insurrection in Jamaica in $1831$ led by Samuel Sharpe.

Haitian Revolution

A revolution beginning in $1791$ led by Toussaint L’Ouverture.

Malingering

A form of non-insurrectionary resistance where enslaved individuals pretended to be ill.

Marronage

The act of enslaved people running away and establishing small settlements in mountainous areas.

Maroons

Slaves who ran away and established small settlements in the mountainous areas of Jamaica, British Guiana, and Suriname.

Grand Marronage

Refers to large groups of people who ran away from plantations.

Petit Marronage

Describes individuals or small groups who ran away temporarily or were habitual runaways.

Petticoat Rebellion

Resistance specifically carried out by women on the plantation, including prolongation of the weaning period, poisoning, and infanticide.

Guerilla Warfare

Tactics used by Maroon communities involving knowledge of terrain and natural features to defend against European attacks.