slave masters wanted to erase the slaves' cultural identity.
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slave masters wanted to erase the slaves' cultural identity.
Traditional African Music carried information within the music. Information within a drumbeat could organize an army. General Sherman used drums to communicate with slaves during the Civil War. Slave owners did not want the slaves to go to war against them. They did not allow the slaves to use traditional African music because they did not want a slave uprising.
Because of their nature, African Americans were regarded as being meant to be slaves.
The African slaves contributed largely to jazz. This is a music that the African slaves and their ancestors brought and developed from their native land.
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