Slave Resistance

Slave Resistance is a concept in slavery studies denoting the spectrum of individual and collective actions by enslaved people that intentionally contested, undermined, or sought escape from the authority of enslavers and the institution of slavery, ranging from covert sabotage and everyday noncompliance to open flight, rebellion, and insurrection.

748

Publications

43.8K

Citations

762

Authors

185

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Slavery Studies

Children

Family-based ResistanceIndividual ResistanceMarron CommunitiesOpen RebellionPlantation ResistanceRebellion LeadershipRunaway SlavesUrban Slave Resistance

Publications

748

Domination and the arts of resistance: hidden transcripts

Choice Reviews Online · 1991 · 6.6K citations

Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Civil Resistance +11

Without consent or contract: the rise and fall of American slavery

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 543 citations

Humanities, History, Political History +16

The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South

Marion D. De B. Kilson, John W. Blassingame · The American Historical Review · 1973 · 499 citations

Humanities, History, Sociology +16

The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery, 1776-1848

Keith Mason, Robin Blackburn · Bulletin of Latin American Research · 1989 · 478 citations

Humanities, History, Political History +11

American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia, <i>by Edmund S. Morgan</i>

Jack P. Greene · Political Science Quarterly · 1976 · 465 citations

Humanities, History, American Studies +10

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Authors

762

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David Brion Davis
Case Western Reserve University, United States
9 publications · 704 citations
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Douglas R. Egerton
Le Moyne College, United States
6 publications · 359 citations
6
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Eugene D. Genovese
National Humanities Center, United States
5 publications · 320 citations
5
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IB
Irā Berlin
University of Maryland, College Park, United States
5 publications · 566 citations
5
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Jack P. Greene
Johns Hopkins University, United States
5 publications · 704 citations
5
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Institutions

185

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Venues

Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 86 publications · 13.5K citations
41
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The American Historical Review
AHR · 56 publications · 4.3K citations
33
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The Journal of Southern History
59 publications · 3.5K citations
33
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Slavery and Abolition
47 publications · 1.4K citations
24
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Journal of American History
42 publications · 1.9K citations
24
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