Slaves and Masters

Masters attempted to gain absolute control over slaves' lives but were often frustrated in this by the tactics of resistance the slaves employed. I. Motives of Masters in controlling slaves: The paternalistic idea masters held was that they wanted absolute control over their slaves lives as well as the "fruits of their labor." Out of this derived the shape paternalism took for a long timeout became "system class rule" it was a way of life. …

…condition for blacks, that blacks were racially inferior , and that black slaves have not any rights or legitimate claims of their own. Slaves, drawing on a religion that was supposed to assure their compliance and docility, rejected the essence of slavery by projecting their own rights and value as human beings. IV. successes- failures: results of slaves resistance: their action tended to become defensive and to aim at protecting the individuals against aggresion and abuse.