How Did Slaves Resist Slavery?
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Slaves resisted slavery during colonial times by attempting to escape, acting sick, working slower, and breaking tools. These same methods are used today by those resisting modern forms of wage slavery. The author recalls using such methods at past jobs and encourages readers to achieve full freedom by leaving their jobs to start their own businesses, as he and others have done. He promotes the idea that true freedom is better than perceived freedom under employment and urges readers to visit the listed website to learn how to gain their own financial independence.
How Did Slaves Resist Slavery?
- 2. Now this was an interesting question I came across as I helped my step-daughter, Alexis, study for her 4th grade social studies test she had the other day. They were studying life during the colonial times and some of the things that slaves and children of the colonists experienced during that period.
- 3. So the question was, How did slaves resist slavery?
- 4. As Alexis began to answer the question while I verified her answers on the worksheet, she said: By attempting to escape, acting sick, working slower and breaking tools.
- 5. Hmph, I thought That sounds JUST LIKE what people do TODAY to resist work or what is sometimes known as modern-day slavery! I almost couldnt believe how simple and to the point the answer wasand how clear it was what the SLAVES did!
- 6. I began to think about the times you and I live inright now.. Then I asked the same question, just with more politically correct wording(all of which is bull to me, but hey, I understand it makes people feel better to call it something else as opposed to looking it straight in the face and calling a spade a spade)
- 8. And without being the pot calling the kettle black, I thought about me, specifically, when I was still working on the plantation (I mean in corporate America, lol) For a FACT I know there were more times than not that I:
- 9. Acted Sick. How many of us do that? Take sick time because we just dont feel like going to work even though we are not really sick???
- 10. Worked slower. Oh yeah! When time is going by and I didnt wanna be there, I would work slower than normal so I didnt have to start a new project or a new task before quitting time. Cause when that clock said 7 Oclock pm I was getting the hell outta there!
- 11. Broke tools. Well quite honestly, I never worked with tools I could easily break. But an occasional printer jam, or PC freeze were my best friends! I LOVED when the tools/equipment prevented me from working!
- 12. Attempted escape. Now this one I had to think about. Because this is really my favorite.
- 13. Why? Because I attempted escape and I got away scott free!
- 14. Prime example, my friend Adrian Hines. See Adrian knows the attempted escape method oh too well, and thats because he attempted to escape 2 times before it finally worked. Heres what it looked like.
- 15. He was working a home-based business while working his job. Once he started making a little money from home, he quit the job (1st attempted escape). But before long, he realized he couldnt make it out there in FREEDOM alone.
- 16. He didnt have the mindsethe didnt have the financial resources, he didnt have the support system and he just didnt have what it took to be free at that time. So, he went back. They didnt even have to look for him, lol. He went back on his own
- 17. So again, after awhile, he quit that job too (2nd attempted escape) and found himself back at the mercy of the plantation owner again. Then something happened before his 3rd attempt at escaping.
- 18. o He planned for it. o He budgeted for it. o He calculated how much he would need to make it right this time and not have to come running back for help.
- 19. He escaped that last time! And has NOT gone back.
- 20. In fact, as I speak to Adrian, I get NO sense that he is even considering crawling back to that place. He is earning the income to maintain his freedom.
- 21. He has developed a free mentality which means now, he is like me Psychologically Unemployable!
- 22. He now has surrounded himself with other freedom fighters who have escaped where they share techniques and skills for being a free soul in this enslaved society. And you know what? He deserves to be free!
- 23. Just like you! However, taking off the shackles and chains takes courage.
- 24. When you know youre gonna eat each night because you are sure to get a paycheck in exchange for your labor, its easy to sit back and act like youre okay with bondage. But when you DONT know if youre gonna eat each night, something happens.
- 25. You develop skills called tenacity and persistence. See without any challenge, you become complacent. But WITH challenge, your body responds to the best way to survive.
- 26. Now, on the plantation, tenacity and persistence can probably get you a slight 4% raise after a few years, a better title and maybe even a nicer cubicle or office. But it wont be long until THAT incentive is not enough either.
- 27. Because in exchange for those fancy house slave benefits, you still remain unfulfilled. You still work more than ever. You still dont have the time with your family as you would like.
- 28. So overall, being persistent and tenacious is NOT always ideal on the job. Many people actually TURN DOWN higher positions with higher pay, because they would have to make greater time sacrifices. So they opt to stay at the lower income levels and simply complain about not having enough money, so they can maintain the little freedom they seem to have.
- 29. Yet, in FreedomVille, those exact same skills, once honed, actually make you more money while spending less time doing the activity that generates the money! Exact opposite!
- 31. For them, it is just a test they are studying for and answers they must remember long enough to pass. But for you and I, we know different.
- 32. We know that many are still living in the colonial times, dont we? We know that more often than not, people are resisting slavery while choosing to stay in it.
- 33. However, we also know there is always a small group of freedom fighters, of rebels, of revolutionists, who say F this!
- 34. They realize its worth the attempted escape, for as many times as it takesbecause real freedom is always better than perceived freedom any day of the week!
- 35. So let me ask you Which group do you belong to? Are you the slave who resists by breaking things, working slower and acting sick? Yet staying enslaved because you fear you dont have what it takes to be free?
- 36. Or are you the escape artistthe slave who knows ANYTHING is better than confinement, the one who is willing to risk it all so their families can be free, even if they never are? See, I am a freedom fighter.
- 37. Like Harriet Tubman. Yet, I am running this thing called the Virtual Railroad, like Harriets Underground Railroad, where I have freed myself and am risking my freedom everyday to come back here to move others down the road to freedom too.
- 39. And yeah, some may call it stealing slaves, but thats all a matter of perspective. Slavery is illegalso to steal someone away from an act that is illegal itself, should be deemed as HEROIC!!!
- 40. And since Im free, I could very easily go live my life. Get on the island of my choice, buy the things I want, hire the tutors for my children to be schooled on the go and not give one damn about teaching you how to get free.
- 41. I could do that.. Like so many others have But I didnt do it. I dont do it. I wont do it. Why?
- 42. Because I know my purpose.
- 43. I know I was sent here to go through some tough times and then make the decision to be free and figure out the route to freedom. I know I was sent here to have experiences where I could then relate to those I am coming back to get so they knew I understood them and that they could trust me.
- 44. I know I was sent here to help break mental shackles and chains, Barriers and fear. I know what freedom is like and I choose everyday
- 45. Walk this railroad path And allow those who are ready to follow the light to freedom do just that. No I never lived in the colonial times, nor did I live during the times my ancestors were physically enslaved.
- 46. However, God blessed me to live during THIS time of mental and spiritual bondage, which technically is even worse to me. Why? Because in this environment
- 47. People are actually enslaving themselves. No more chains are even presentbut the enslaved mind is scared to run
- 48. Today you can choose freedom.. Today you can decide to follow my lil lamp Today you can change the course of how your legacy is lived out over the next 100 years
- 49. Today you CAN BE FREE!! But its up to you. Im free. Adrian is free.
- 50. David Wood is free. David Sharpe is free. Tony Rush is free. Lawrence Tam is free.
- 51. Chuck Marshall is free. Justin Verrengia is free. Shalonda Gordon is free. Brian Cain is free.
- 52. Tom The Furry Hat Guy is free. Nicole Cooper is free. Falecia Tucker is free. Evin Anderson is free.
- 53. FREEDOM IS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TOO! Just decide to lock arms with us and go to : www.KeepAllTheCash.com
- 54. Well show you the way But you gotta use your own feet, your own legs, your own mind and your own spirit to keep up and endure the journey! Its time Just BE FREE! Go to: www.KeepAllTheCash.com
- 55. To your success, ~Tracey Walker The Freedom Fighter
- 56. FREEDOM IS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TOO! Just go to : www.KeepAllTheCash.com NOW!