Slave resistance in the eighteenth century:
a. was limited to running away, since mounting an armed rebellion would have been impossible and deadly.
b. included rebellions in both northern and southern colonies that led to the deaths of several of those involved in planning the conspiracies.
c. most famously included the War of Jenkins' Ear, fought over the habit that masters developed of slicing off the ears of rebellious slaves.
d. prompted southern lawmakers to cut off slave imports from Africa and the Caribbean by mid-century.
e. led to a strong but ultimately unsuccessful movement to abolish slavery in Georgia in the 1760s.
Answer: b. included rebellions in both northern and southern colonies that led to the deaths of several of those involved in planning the conspiracies.
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