Read this excerpt: "In 1860, Elizabeth Burkett ... with her husband, Henry Burkett ... and... fellow slaves Thomas Sipple, his wife Mary Ann Sipple, John Purnell,
and Hale Burton, holding a total of thirty dollars and looking to cross the
Delaware Bay into freedom... purchased a small vessel for six dollars and began
their journey up the coast on their way to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. En route,
they encountered a group of white men who attempted to overtake the slaves'
boat. The fugitives, however, defended their vessel and continued on, despite
injury to the passengers". -Archives of Maryland. What form of resistance to
slavery is described in this excerpt? *
A running away
B sabotage
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C faking illness
D working slowly