Religion was a second refuge for slaves
The Africans that were enslaved in the Southern Colonies were the main workforce because the settlers did not have the endurance or skills to do the work. Africans were strong, skilled, and were able to endure the climate better than the people who enslaved them.
It provided comfort and hope that they could make it through the hard times also that they felt it could improve their spirits of getting away from the slave owners free and clear
It provided comfort and hope that they could make it through the hard times also that they felt it could improve their spirits of getting away from the slave owners free and clear
Three examples of the bad conditions faced by enslaved Africans were the loss of families, having to endure forced labor and denial of education. Discrimination did not end even for the lucky ones that were freed before the Emancipation Proclamation.
the persons who brought the africans to the Caribbean were the Europeans they needed them to help in the cultivation of sugar and they had the amerindians but they found out that the africans were easily enslaved and were stronger and could endure hard labour but the amerindian s could not. attempts were tried at capyuring the Kalinagoes bu they were too warlike and so the Kalinagoes would kill them first.
The conditions on board the ships that brought Africans slaves to the Americas were wretched. They were packed like cargo and would have to endure being in overcrowded spaces and unsanitary conditions. Men were shacked to poles and women may have been sexually abused. They also often got sick with different diseases.
they formed close ties with each other
Africans still practiced their traditional Yoruba & Vodou religions, under slavery, by concealing it under the guise of following Christianity.
It provided comfort and hope that they could make it through the hard times also that they felt it could improve their spirits of getting away from the slave owners free and clear
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Spirituals and Religion.Strong religious convictions, close personal bonds, and abundance of music helped enslaved African Americans endure the brutal conditions of plantation life.
Slaves relied on that culture-- with it's strong religious convictions, close personal bonds, and abundance of music--to help them endure the brutal conditions of plantation life.