muted resistance

the concept of slavehood entitled stripping a human of all the basic rights he was born with. He is reduced to a state of total submission and no relief . in such conditions , over the ages people opted for one of the two available options, open rebellion or complete submission . But as James Scott pointed out there was a third option available wherein through small actions they caused great discomfort to their owners thus enjoying a trivial victory. when a person is oppressed and has no other way to go he'll end up fighting till the end, rather than die in an open rebellion, where their death will be valueless, these people preferred to live and in their own small way retaliate against the injustice meted out to them.