How Did The Slave Rebellion Cause Violence In American Society

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In hopes of securing freedom, slaves had the right to kill but should not have due to fatal consequences of violence. Slavery made slaves constant victims of injustice as they lacked fundamental human rights and qualities. Slaves were conditioned to feel like livestock, whipped for unsatisfactory labor and swiftly traded. Slaves lost all personal and human freedoms; they were unable to dictate their own actions without the permission of their masters, incapable of traveling without slave passes and kept from interacting with their own family. The institution of slavery denied slaves all human qualities as slaves were prohibited from individual freedoms and treated as livestock. Furthermore, slavery constantly subjected slaves to harsh and fatal circumstances. …show more content…
In Southern society the planter elite held all real power; killing a slave owner was an offense met with severe punishment. Slaveowners were terrified of slave revolt and took any measures to prevent slave resistance. Thus, any perceived forms of resistance were harshly punished. Slaves who killed were executed, unable to experience any real freedom before death. Slave revolts that relied on violence to achieve freedom were often thwarted before inception. The slaves involved in Denmark Vesey’s proposed revolt were detained and executed before the revolt could commence. Nat Turner’s rebellion actually injured the white population, killing over 50. However, slaves were quickly added to the death count as those involved were executed. History shows that successful slave violence was near impossible in a white dominated society. Slaveowners were aware of possible revolt and intent on firmly ending any resistance. Violence brought slaves not to freedom but to their deaths, once again giving white society the last say over the lives of