Use the following categories to analyze the ways in which African American created a distinctive culture in slavery:Family, Music, Oral traditions and Religions. By Jackiefloresl 997 Use the following categories to analyze the ways in which African American created a distinctive culture in slavery:Family, Music, Oral traditions and Religions. Thesis:ln the 1800’s, enslavement didn’t constrict African Americans but more so helped them to develop & construct their culture. As in every ethnicity family was crucial to african americans & not even separation could tear them apart.
Talong with hat, the different ethnicities & languages of the u. s. assisted in making creole, pidgin, & other secret languages amongst slaves. Plus, the variation in religion allowed them to utilize Christianity, Protestantism, & Catholicism when making their iwn religion & helped with the creation of voodoo. However, when it came to music they used originality & for oral traditions they used folk tales from back at home without U. S. Influences. Family Ts:the worst part about slavery was no doubt the separation of loved ones;however, it did form hidden slave communities & focused on matriarchy.
Many families were broken up by the sale of a member of the family, and yet family connections were often preserved (and many rejoined after the Civil War). Slaves who were sold and moved on to new plantations/farms connected with others who had family members in previous settings from which they had come reinforced many such informal linkages. -Because of the breakup of many families, children were often raised primarily by the mothers, creating female-centered household traditions that persisted after slavery Music Ts:past times from field work & household duties helped compose genres of dance & music.
Gospels, hymns, and spirituals created in religious settings; songs that evolved while working in fields (especially to provide work rhythms) and as expressions of resistance and protest, often in Creole or pidgin English not understood by most whites. -Subsequent renowned styles of music, such as the blues and Jazz, evolved out of the various styles sustained during slavery, with regional variations. Oral traditionsTs: in african american culture words are a powerful thing, & slaves used that belief to their advantage. Heavvy reliance on models of oral traditions rought over from Africa and further developed; spread by fugitives, griots, conjurers and shamans (thought to have spiritual or magical powers), slaves sold in the Deep South, and black preachers who embraced Christianity, especially because most white communities prohibited the teaching of literacy to slaves. -Use of folk tales, such as Br’er Rabbit, that taught lessons about surviving under oppression. ReligionsTs:african americans used the diversity of ethnicities when constructing their own religion & culture. -Ideas and practices were disseminated by African
American preachers, rebel leaders, abolitionists, and groups such as the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, as well as in churches begun by free ATrlcan Americans (especlally In uroan settlngs). -wnlle cnrlstlanlty was presented slaves as demanding subservience and obedience, the slaves interpreted it as a message of liberation and understood Christ as ministering to the poor and oppressed, not to the rich and oppressive. conclusion:ln all, the enslavement that african americans had to endure ultimately made them use their creativity to develop heir culture in the U.
S. They meticulously merged religions, languages, & other cultures from the Spanish, French, & other U. S. Inhabitants. They developed dance genres & musical genres while working over bearing & exhausting Jobs. Their oral traditions were words of spiritual power and also amusing folk tales used for teaching african american youngsters. It ultimately les to famous african american writers & speakers. Yet, through the trials faced by slaves in the 1800’s they survived by utilizing what they had & making it work for them leading to a distinct african culture.
