Why didn't the slaves fight back? they had the upper hand in numbers and strength. they could have jumped the whites.

Although some slaves did revolt, it is clearly true that the vast majority of slaves did not participate in any violent rebellions. Different slaves would surely have had different reasons for not rebelling.

The whites had guns and were backed by the military and the law. Any disobedience from a slave lead to a beating or even a lynching. 

Several different things make up a culture like, how the people worship, their form of government, geography, and trade. religion is one of the most important things to a culture, it defines peoples life. their different beliefs form into festivities and events that merge with their culture. people that practice hinduism see cows as gods, so no doubt they would celebrate cows, and these celebrations would definitely merge with their culture. those that are buddhist live life trying to reach a certain level of peace, so no doubt would they change things in their life in order to correspond with their religion.