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Abstract
This article focuses on the role Black elders played in crafting resistant cultures and building supportive communities in American slavery. I show how older slaves performed certain acts that enabled the resistance of others, and address their motives for doing so – whether presumed by external narrators or stated directly by the elder(s) themselves. I show that advanced age did not invariably stop enslaved people from participating in fight or flight themselves, even if they made up a small proportion of those who successfully found permanent freedom. In doing so, I emphasize not only the collective bonds and community dynamics that helped foster resistance among the enslaved, but I also underline the agency and endeavor of those who had suffered a lifetime of forced labor.
Item Type: | Article |
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Status: | In Press |
Schools: | Schools > History, Archaeology and Religion |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy E |
ISSN: | 0021-8723 |
Funders: | Leverhulme |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 4 August 2025 |
Date of Acceptance: | 1 August 2025 |
Last Modified: | 05 Aug 2025 11:45 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/180218 |
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