Question

What are some of the methods that were used to resist slavery in the decades before the Civil war?

Answer 1

-Running away or escape

-Armed rebellion

-Nonviolent resistance

-Organizing underground networks of abolitionists

-Passive non-compliance

-Bribing or buying freedom

-Organizing labor strikes

-Forming secret societies

-Filing lawsuits or petitions

-Joining the Union army

-Writing petitions and lobbying Congress and legislatures to pass laws to end slavery