PUTTING UP RESISTANCE: Although this place, Great Britain, routinely burned our ancestors from llving human beings to ashes, and then sawed off at least one slaves legs for carrying messages; our ancestors planned and continued to rebel. According to Mike Dash, This treatment was not sufficient to dissuade others, though, and in 1701 fifteen recently arrived slaves rose against their owner, Major Samuel Martin, and hacked him to death for refusing to give them Christmas off. There was even a worryingly ritual aspect to the slaves’ revenge—they removed Martin’s head, doused it in rum, and, one contemporary reported, “Triumphed Over it.” Read more: smithsonianmag/history/antiguas-disputed-slave-conspiracy-of-1736-117569/#5xVBGcpRMQQoFXcW.99 Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! bit.ly/1cGUiGv Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter
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