Section 3
Anti-Slavery Resistance Movements
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Forms of Resistance
African slaves engaged in many forms of resistance, from organized uprisings to the practice of their own native culture.
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From Gradualism to Abolition
By 1805, most Northern states had passed laws calling for either immediate or gradual abolition.
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by nineteenth-century slaves to escape to free states and Canada.