... send. It will be demonstrated and proven that when both histories are really dissected, it is clear why the two are so indisputably entangled. Music coming out of the era of slavery is now known as coming out of the time period dubbed the Great Awakening. Slaves were treated like they were malleable, like anything their owners wanted to change about them was easily ... accomplished. Obviously, religion was a huge factor, as slaves were forced to switch their religious beliefs. What is often overlooked is that slaves changed more than just that. "African slaves, unfamiliar with the new su...

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