<em>Fake illnesses was one way that slaves resisted forced labor, by pretending to be sick. Another way they would resist to enforced labor was breaking the tools. </em>
The answer is faking illness because some of the slaves thought that if they'll make a fake illness they will be brought home. Some just wanted to run away.
Atrocious-<span>very poor or terrible conditions exculpatory-</span><span>a statement or evidence that would prove a person's innocence </span>miscegenation-<span>marriage between people of different races </span>provocation-<span>the act of deliberately making a person angry </span>inculpatory-<span>a statement that incriminates another person</span>