To praise and sing to God!
Wrong - they sung for cadence; for timing their movements together, and also for passing the time... they were slaves, after all.
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they sang while they worked in the plantations
no they didn't
Slaves sang while they were working in the fields to pass the time away. Usually they would sing about home or family, and sometimes a song that they would sing would be a coded message.
they were encouraged to sing so as to keep spirits up. This made them live longer rather than them being depressed and causing death
Slaves in the field used to sing to make time pass by and keep their spirts up.The kind of songs they sang were spiritual songs that helped them feel more relaxed and to keep them to the rhythm without getting tired and sleeping.