Within Black meetings it was no different. Slaves’ social places could lead to good ideas for them and bad for whites. These meetings not only allowed blacks to socialize with one another, but to also assert leadership skills and form alliances. White slave holders knew this and tried to limit their group size...
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Between 1681 and 1683 the Common Council in New York limited blacks to congregating in groups no larger than four. By 1700 it was changed and slaves couldn’t meet in groups larger than three. Meetings among free blacks and slaves helped what resulted in the 1712 Slave Revolt in Manhattan, which was more dreaded than individual acts of resistance...
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