Among the ways slaves reacted to their bondage was

1. Resistance: Slaves often resisted their bondage in various ways. They might engage in physical acts of rebellion such as running away, organizing a revolt, or setting fires to plantations. Even more common forms of resistance involved passive acts of disobedience such as slow working, refusing orders, or establishing their own religious and cultural practices. 2. Survival: Slaves often employed strategy, cunningness, and faith to survive the harshness of slavery. This often included creating their own family and community systems when their masters would not recognize their kinship ties, piling work to complete as quickly as possible or feigning illness to catch a break, and expressing their own art and literature in coded messages to each other. 3. Adaptation: Slaves often had no choice to adapt to their circumstances in order to survive. This meant finding ways to appease their masters and manipulate their circumstances, such as looking for any chances to find better living conditions, becoming a trusted servant, or even working as a spy. It could also mean accommodating many of the social customs of their masters, such as learning the language, adopting the customs and roles, and eventually conforming outwardly to their enslavers' wishes.