... societies with varying religious beliefs slaves from West and Central Africa shared common characteristics. An Obeah, male or female was an important person in African society, the Obeah was able to ward of evil, expressing community values they articulated themselves through rituals that any whites watching found difficult to ... doctrine remained unknown and incomprehensible (Walvin 2001;p161)". During these years" black and white mixed, with both attending the same churches. LEISURE (MUSIC AND DANCE) "Slaves often sang when at work in the fields or factory, measuring out via songs the...

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... to offset the debilitating effects of the Middle Passage. Officers, usually boatswains, mates, and surgeons, were armed with whips such as the cat-o'-nine-tails and forced the African captives to dance. The crew's power was enforced through such torture devices as thumbscrews and iron collars. There were several tubs in each compartment below deck in which slaves could relieve ... past, historians have argued that Africans were a low-cost labor alternative to scarce Indian labor (scarce, because most Indian populations were destroyed by disease) or expensive European labor. African skin...

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