The slaves on James Hammond’s Silver Bluff Plantation decided the direction of their life in different ways. First, they stayed united. Their unity is in display in how they established a sense of community in the plantation. They get to know each other and to value one another's company. Their unity is on display even in the times of travail in the way they make up to each other (Chapter 10). For instance, when one slave is an escape, the others turn to support him or her by providing food to them. Second, the slaves preserve their world by feigning to comply to change but sticking to their ways. For example, when Hammond comes up with a church and wants the slaves to worship with the European standards, they seem to oblige. In essence, their behaviour is just a play for the observing eye so that they are not in the wrong