My closing statement supporting that slaves actively resisted slavery Members of the jury it is now time for you to decide whether slaves were active or passive during slavery. Slaves lived in a time where the brutal and inhumane treatment of fellow human beings should not have been tolerated, nor allowed. The slaves had reacted in many ways to try and escape this type of treatment. Post presenting my evidence, it will clearly show that …showed first 75 words of 907 total…

…showed last 75 words of 907 total…color. So I ask you to ask yourself, would you have accepted the brutal and inhumane treatment the slaves did without reacting? I believe my evidence clearly shows that slaves actively resisted slavery, by their coded songs, rebellions, and killings in order to escape the treatment they were receiving. I ask that you come back with the only right verdict that is that the salves actively resisted slavery as the evidence clearly shows. Thank you.