From rebellion to revolution

Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made by Eugene Genovese (1974) examines the society of the slaves. Genovese viewed the antebellum South as a closed and organically united paternalist society that exploited and attempted to dehumanize the slaves. He redefined resistance to slavery as all efforts by which slaves rejected their status as slaves, including their religion, music, and the culture they built, as well as work slowdowns, periodic disappearances, and open rebellions and escapes.